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F\.vir Pageant, Bom oi Depression and Necessity, Life-Saver to Roanoke THE PILOT. Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North CmrohiM FYiday July 21, 1M». fire the tea. There are no toll bridges. In November, 1931, fifty eminent North Carolina citizens convened at Raleigh, and at the suggestion of Paul Green’s “The Lost Colony” l equipped with every conceivable piece U. S. Senator Joalah W. Bailey, ap Is Attracting Thousands To the Island of theatrical equipment to help bring to vivid life the people of the colony canted a commission of eleven men to form plans for a major celebra- suffering—all this has been obtained at considerable cost and self-sacri fice.” In Northeastern North Carolina, on a one-time remote island that a «ea captain in 1584 recommended as « fertile site for an English settle ment, there is an annual celebration that is year-round meat, if not both! in 1894 when the Roanoke Colony than on the actual site of their battles and tion in 1934. This year was the 350th anniversary of the discovery of Roa noke Island. The islanders and their commis- The original idea of the celebration sion, through the influence of Sena- dates to the 1880 s and came to fruit tor Bailey and Representative Lind- C. Warren. imTiediately secured the interest of Congress. But in the r^fnrcpslon^ the Congressional com- The celebration ostensibly honors j Dare’s birthday, memorial servi es> mission recommended that the na- the Lost Colonists who founded the | have been held by the islanders in tional celebration be postponed until first English settlement in America ^ memory of the Lost Colonists. 1937, and denied financial aid by on Roanoke Island, and the birth ofj But not until the late 1920 s when Congress. meat and drink, to more thousand municipal citizens. a' Memorial Associatioa was formed. I Each year since 1894, on Virginia the first child of English parentage i private interests built the five-mile on this continent^ Virginia Dare, Au- i Wright Memorial Bridge across a gruat 18, 1587. The chief attraction, part of Albemarle Sound, and Dare county erected another mile of First Crude Pageant The determined islanders scraped together what funds were absolutely nece.ssary. They wrote their own pa- bridges from Nags Head Beach to the geant. Working together they began island, was the famous site accessi- »-«<!toration of tbe village. The We to toMrists. Now ii is casi!y reach- Civil Works Administration and the I tem early this month (July 4), was was pushed and the grimly stolid jlockhouse was completed. In a two-day celebration, August 17 and 18. 1934, on the open ground inder the pines, the islanders pre sented their first crude pageant and were praised for their work by 2,000 isitors. This first pageant gave inspiration to Paul Green. With this as a sprlng- in the 16th century. The musical background has been woven to fit and heighten the mood, the tempo, ind the color of the drama. After this year the production of The Lost Colony—historical, partri- Dtic and educational in the best sense KHURCHES The First Baptist Church will have its regular service Sunday momini; at 11:00 o'clock. In the absence of the word may become even more! the pastor who is on his vacation, I native enterprise, as Indigenous . the service will be conducted by the IS the great religious pageant of Rev. T. Sloan Guy who will use as hl^ “loard, he developed the script for the! 3avaria. Then, indeed, it will be the subject: “A Dry Brook." There will •sensationally successful The Lost j Obcrammergau of America. be special music by the choir. There will be regular services at .\NGUS WICKER INJURED the Church of Wide Fellowship on next Sunday as follows: 9:45 a. m., Colony. In it he has combined all his dra- Tiatic skill and his love and under standing of music. He has blended Tillif’nt pageantry with moving liv ing dia’ogue. Nowhere does the play ’oFe its character desnite the epic sweep of the pageant theme. Profes sional critics have declared that it exciting, tender, tragic and beau- The briUlant musical score of the play, which was presented by special ■>ern^ission for one and a half hours -'I'ei' the Cohimbia Broadcasting Sys- Oberammergau of America.” The production made expenses and a bit over, which went back into the pot for improvements of grounds an& the great theatre, which now j seats more than 5,000 on practicaly j every night of the performance. In j the second summer, nearly 75,000 [ people saw the show. In this the! third summer the islanders are pre-! paring to greet 100,000 persons from i all parts of the United States. ' None Receive Pay I "None of the islanders receive pa/j for their work,” the island’s publicity [ department points out. "All this the reconstructed city of The Lost Colony with its charming chapel, solid log houses, and grim stockade of pine logs, its huge museum of priceless 16th century relics, and its innriense opeii-air theatre which is EVELYN EDSON Notary Public Telephone Office N. H. Ave Drs. J. I. Neal and J. M. McKinnon VETERINARIANS Southern Pines Sanford E. V. PERKINSON General Contractor Storage Southern Pines, N. C. Tel 5033 presented on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights each week for nine summer weeks, is the really well-executed production of Paul Greens The Lost Colony,; gd ijy a broad, paved highway Works Progress Administration cnme i developed from carols, ballads, and whose roles are played almost en ^ through forests and sand dunes be- to their aid. V/ork on the little chap-1 rondeaus like those the colonists sang tlrely by men, women, and children I who live on Roanoke Island. j ^ — ——^- Like many another civic show, this was born of depression and ne cessity. But unlike most others, The Lost Colony is thriving, attracting visitors, and making money for the citizens who should benefit. In the late 1920,s and eariy 30’s, like other industries elsewhere, the island's chief maintenance fell on financial reefs. This was fisheries. Prices plummetted lower than the lowest, tide that washes the island’s sandy beaches. The island people are fishermen and, we find, fortunately, are actors. All they needed was D. Bradford Fearing and a fine sense of historical values. Fearing is a North Carolina State senator the leader of his town £ind county, the idol of the islanders. Business is Booming Fearing is reaching his goal for his people as 100,000 Americsins pay i one dollar apiece each summer to see “The Lost Colony,” the restored “Citie of Raleigh,” and the village’s | museums. Other thousands are pay- i ing one to two dollars nightly for i lodging in the island’s hotels and in \ the scores of homes that have been j turned into cash-producing tourist accommodators. Means of satisfying; the visitors’ hungers has given rise 1 to a whole food-furnishing industry. ■ Filling station businesses boom in ; the summer months. Even former - fishermen who found no other way \ to profit from the celebration, earn steadily as guides for visitors who : also want to put in a little sports-' manlike angling. Fearing got the first show started ^ as a 350th anniversary of the found- ' ing three years ago, July 4. Specta tors were few in the first month, but when lusty advertising and price less lip-service took effect, others came. By the end of August, 10,000 ' had witnessed the play's two-hour I performance, including the President, I the Postmaster-General, other high-1 placed Democrats, and a number of I dramatic critics of major newspap-1 ers. Not a critic failed to praise it, j one even dubbed it the “Patriotic i Angus Wicker, of the Carthage Church School; 11:00 a. m., Morning section, was found unconscious with worship with sermon by pastor; 7:30 severe cuts on the right side of his P- Fellowship League for high neck in the Colin G. Spencer lumber school ages; 7:30 p. m.. Vesper ser- vard on Monday and rushed to the vice in the church garden for every- Moore County Hospital. He is expect- , «?d to recover. ■ "Truth” is the subject of the le«- son-sermon at the Christian Science Church. East New Hampshire avenue next Sunday morning at 11:00 o’clock. „ o ic Sunday School convenes at the same Mr.<?. Rudel McGill of Montreal is , ^ ^ , , .. . time at the church. ^^^endinff several days as the g^est of , Mr. and Mrs. J. Talbot Johnson at their home in Aberdeen. GUEST IN ABERDEEN ADVERTISE IN THE PILOT. PRETTY GIRL, PRETTY FLOWER — Hollywood, Calif.—Helen Parrith, film BCtresi, admiret the beauty •f a California yucca. This Bower ii protected by a (tat* law, forbidding pick ing or mutilation AMERICAN CUSTOM SUMMER ICED BOSTON RED SOX IN SEN- SATIONAL SPURT—Four of the “bit gum” who aided the Boston Red Sox in defeating the Yankees five times straight —a rarity in baseball. Left to right: Cramer of, Tabor 3b, Foxx lb, and Williams rf^ A charming conspiracy to defeat the heat it the serving of iced), tea on a penthouse terrace. This gracious hostess is using her silver to elegant advantage. The teapot, tray, lemon fork and. iced tea sp(K>ns, are in the Fairfax pHttern to match her other sterling flatware. She’s a lucky Hostess too, for the icc bowl ancr, tongs, coasters, and lemon dish, which incidentally is a Gorham, reproduction of a piece made in London in 1798, were all wedding gifts. QUADS TAKE SUN BATH —Galveston, Tex.—The Bad- gett babies, now five months old, the country’s youngest quadruplets, are shown with their mother, Mrs. W, E. Badgett, and their sister, El sie Mae, 13. Left to right: Joan, Jeanette, Jeraldine, and Joyce. IN KENTUCKY FLOOD—Morehead, Ky.,—Kajah, an ISYl foot, 143*pound python, beloniiing to a carnival, which escaped from its cage during the flood, and was reca^.ured. SOCIALITE FASHIONS AT NEWPORT—Newport, R. 1. (Left) Mrs. Francis Taylor, the former Lesley Bogart of New York, pictured in a bath ing suit' at this fashionable re- aort. (Right) Miss A. Frazer, of DWoit, Mich., wearing atrtped aiS;: ;«ajaina( with tur* ud baa^ alippera. SWIMS THE MISSISSIPPI—St. Louis, Mo.—Sunny Kole, six years old, of Ed* wardsville, III., swam across the Mis* issippi Rivar in 19 minutes, setting an unofficial contemporary record for chil* dran. ' FAMOUS SLEUTH ON AIR-Detec- tive O’Malley, hero of William Mac- HariS'k popular short stories in Caliber’s is now being dramatized three times weekly over WOR and the Mutuai*Canadian Sys* cemk ’ity the Federal Theatre Radio Division. Photo show* O’MalUv. p?!»ygd by Jac^ Raymond, ai work on ■ ea»e. ANOTHER ONE THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY . . . Although Blue Marlin, the most spectacdlar deep sea game fish of all, are taken regularly at Cat Cay, Bahaman island paradise sixty miles east of Miami, this big gamester taken by Mary Sears of Green wich, Conn., and Cat Cay, created a sensa* tion. It weighed 730 lbs. — a new world’s record. -CJi- KEEP our OF WAR—Former President Hoover (right) irtro- duced by Sumner Blossom, editor, gives over the air a summary of his signed article in the current American Magazine in which he warns against Uivolvement in European power politiea anj urges that we should not fight except lo defense of this hemi sphere. •HANDS OFF DANZIG ”—POLES WARN-Warsaw 1)^ Polaad—A section el the great parade that featured Hie!M calabralion of Day* in Wanaw reeaatlr, wiMnlK b«n4ra^ •! thonaanda took h p«blie aatlt «• d^eadlM P9ln4*t to the Btltic Sea at Giimia and OandLi jwwi
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