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THE COASTLAND TIMES
Published Continuously at Manteo, N. C., Since July 4, 1935
Tbs Weekly Journal of the Walter Raleigh Coastland of North Carolina,
Foremost Region of Recreation and Sport, Healthful Living and
Historical Interest On The Atlantic Seaboard.
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CATHERINE D. MEEKINS Secretary-Treasurer
Vol. XVIII Manteo. N. C-, Friday August 1, 1952 No. 5
THE OREGON INLET BRIDGE.
People who are observant of the trend of tourist travel
and who look into the future at the prospect of the volume
of business to be developed by the advertising to be done
for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands are inclined to say now
that the demand for a bridge will cause one to be built over
Oregon Inlet before one is built over either Croatan Sound
or Alligator River. Mere wishing of course does not build
bridges, nor bring tourists. Neither are bridges built alone
to serve the needs of the people who live in the vicinity of
a bridge, particularly in the small communities of our
coastland.
Such roads and bridges as we have gotten up to now
could not have materilized by the sole efforts of our people,
but have been achieved because of the additional aid of
outside influences; by aid from tourists from distant places
anxious to get here. They have been anxious to get here
because someone long before had the enterprise to send far
and wide pictures and words to excite their interest, and
their desire to see these scenes in person.
Most of the prosperity this part of the coastland now
enjoys has resulted from the publicity that has been given
it. Without the millions of words and the thousands of pic
tures that have been viewed in the press throughout the
world, none would have known of it.
The publicity will go on and on. Millions more will
come to visit us and millions will clamor for a bridge over
Oregon Inlet. It will come to pass sooner than some of us
suspect. And surely the sound and river will be bridged also.
We cannot expect always that officials will forever stupidly
waste money in operating ferries that cannot handle the
traffic, and subject our friends and visitors, and citizens
throughout the year to constant annoyance, inconvenience
and expense as is now the case.
PROMISING NOTHING UNTIL COOLER WEATHER
We have a good excuse for our laziness in not produc
ing a better paper during these hot dog days. We expect
to stay in the doldrums so long as the weather stays hot.
Even if it cools off, it is going to take us a long time then
to get our breath, and catch our stride, what with toting
a lot of fat around and sweating out about five gallons
of ice water a day.
We hope to do better for you; the sooner the better.
Meanwhile we appreciate the patience of our readers in
putting up with our shortcomings. It’s just too hot for
us to do too much, and with many friends of our own
age falling out all around us from the heat, we don’t see .
why we should fly in the face of providence as the saying
goes. Those who don’t work at all seem to get along as
well as we do, so we’ve decided to let our creditors worry
too.
VANQUISHED AND VANISHING AMERICANS
Time was when SIO,OOO a year was a lot of money.
Only the relative few earned or had a reasonable hope of
earning as much. Even nowadays, with record taxes and a
four-bit dollar, it is far more than most families ever see,
the average income being in the neighborhood of $3,000.
Yet there is a SIO,OOO-a-year class of people in this
country who simply can’t make both ends meet, economize
as they will. That, at least, is the theme of a fascinating
article in the July issue of Harper’s magazine, called “Going
Broke on SIO,OOO a Year,” which is signed with the pseudo
nym Jay Taylor. This class consists of junior business ex
ecutives who must put up a front, appear to live very well,
have good addresses, entertain as a part of their jobs, and
donate generously to charities and other worthy causes.
Mr. Taylor writes early in his article: "I’m a symbol—and
a simpleton. I’m a symbol of the group from which business
leaders used to be drawn, a group now being liquidated...”
Mr. Taylor goes into meticulous detail as to his fi
nances, and it’s quite a story. Last year, he wrote, he earned
$10,400 and spent $10,456. And here, in capsule form, is
what happened to his money. To get the full flavor of the
account, of course, the whole article should be read.
First of all he actually got not $10,400 but
$8,978, taxes having accounted for the difference.
His first outgo was for rent—sl,6s6. This, he says
is about as little as he could pay without moving to so cheap
a neighborhood that he would lose cast with his associates
and endanger future promotions.
Several hundred dollars went out for unavoidable
household expenses such as utilities, and his wife got $2,049,
or some S4O a week, to buy the food and other supplies need
ed by a family of four. Furniture swallowed $274, and in
surance $471. Mr. Taylor has no car and says he can’t
possibly afford one, but commutation tickets cost him SIBO
and are scheduled to g 6 up in price.
Doctors and dentists accounted for $264, and the chil
dren’s expenses, such as their clothes and school books and
a summer camp, dug in to the tune of $241. He and his wife
spent only $173 on clothing for themselves. Gifts and holi
day expenses totaled around SSOO all told, and there was
a miscellaneous item of $364, which included such odds and
ends as church contributions, wood, bushes and bulbs for
the garden.
So it goes, in Mr. Taylor’s summation—everything is
accounted for down to the penny, save $133 for which he
has no records. None of the items of expenditure seem at
all high for a man in his position—many of them seem
almost amazingly low.
Mr. Taylor’s conclusion is typical of the tone of his
article: “So I speak as one small symbol of a class. I look
at the broken down occasional chair which should have
been replaced a year ago. I postpone my trip to the dentist
for another six months in hopes that the pediatrician’s bill
can be paid in the interval. And I realize that I belong to a
new class of forgotten men in whom no labor leaders, poli
ticians, farmers, corporation presidents, or commencement
speakers take any vested interest—the SIO,OOO-ai-year men,
Vanquished Americans.”
Sincerity, is no test of truth. You may take poison sin
cerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your
life? i —Tryon Edwards
No reproof is so potent at the silent lesson of al good
example. —Mary Baker Eddy
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ENEMIES, not friends,
GET MOST U. S. HELP
(Mooresville Tribune)
One who follows our internation
al goings-on must be struck with
the fact that human nature is just
about the same, whether observed
in the relationship between two
individuals or among many na
tions.
Since the end of World War II
we have given our wartime ene
mies $8.6 billion, most of which
is not expected to be repaid. Our
reasons may be said to have been
largely selfish, since we recog
nized the necessity of rebuilding
Germany, Italy and Japan so that
they could resist communism.
The countries of some of our
wartime allies also suffered terri
bly. Yet, since World War 11, we
have given them considerably less
than our enemies—ss.7 billion to
be exact. Russia and her satellites,
who once were our friends but are
not now, received $750 million
from us.
The countries on which we must
depend strongly if we would repel
an invasion of the Western Hemi
sphere—the Latin American coun
tries—demonstrate the other ex
treme of our “fight-and-make-up”
psychology which we discussed
above. We have long had a “good
neighbor” policy toward these
countries and have talked in glow
ing terms of our Pan-American
destiny. Yet, although we received
much aid from them during the
last war, the total amount of mon
ey they have received from us
since then has been in the. form
of loans, most of which must be
repaid us.
Is it arty wonder, then, that our
South Anwrfcan neighbors ques
tion whether it is desirable to be
too good a neighbor to the United
States,
CRUMBS WITH INSULTS
(Independent Star)
If the South didn’t get what it
expected to get or wanted from
the Democratic National Conven
tion, concluded in Chicago over
the weekend, it can blame itself
for much of the failure.
In the first place Southerners
went to the convention with hat
in hand and the attitude that
they knew they were the red
headed step-children of the Demo
cratic Party and would be glad for
any crumbs that might be thrown
their way by the high and mighty
New Dealists and Fair Dealist.
Only three Southern states, Vir
ginia, South Carolina and Louisi
ana had the guts to stick by their
guns and refuse to be politically
manhandled by the Left Wingers
The others, as nauseating as it
must have been to them, fell in
line, reluctantly or otherwise, in
the hope of being handed some
recognition. One of the main rea
sons, perhaps, was the candidacy
of Sen. Russell for the presiden
tial nomination. But they, in the
end, were betrayed and shoved
aside.
The Southern states had warn
ing before the convention what
was going to happen. They knew
the objectionable planks were go
ing to be written into the platform
of the party. Yet they made no
sustained unified effort to prevent
it. Had they stuck together they
would have come out differently.
They didn’t have enough delegate
strength to carry the convention,
but collectively they had enough
ti block objectionable features and
bring about a stall that would
have eventually spelled success for
them.
Even though all but three of the
Southern States went along with
the Socialist wing of the party,
they were subjected to insult after
insult at the hands of the Leftists.
They were repeatedly referred to
as Republicans in the Democratic
Party, and other misnomers that
were hurled at them by the high
and mighties.
The rift between the two fac
tions was mended somewhat, per
haps by the nomination of the
gentleman from Alabama as the
vice presidential candidate—the
only small crumb they were allow
ed from the convention; but they
were insulted again by the presi
dential nominee in his acceptance
speech when he remarked that he
would beat “both Republican Par
ties” in the November election. Ad
lai Stevenson, the presidential
choice of Truman and his ilk in
the party, did not help himself
with the South when he made that
statement, and left no doubt about
how he feels regarding the South.
But for the fact they need the
votes of the Southern citizenry,
the New Dealists and Fair Deal
ists, beyond a doubt, would drive
the South from the party entirely.
However, so long as they can
retain the vote by dolling out a
crumb of favor now and then, but
tered with insults they may be,
the Socialists will permit the South
to stay in the party that once
meant the preservation of the Con
stitution and the right of privi
stitution and its rights under the
Constitution.
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MRS. H. J. LIVERMAN, the former June Long of Engelhard, whose
recent wedding at Engelhard is written in another column in this
paper this week. The couple will make their home in Engelhard where
Dr. Liverman is a practicing physician.
WINSTEADVILLE NEWS
Robert Smith spent the week
■nd with friends at Ponzer.
H. M. S. Robert J. Sparrow
left Wednesday for Los Angeles,
Calif., after spending a week
with his mother, Mrs. A. M.
Sparrow, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pegram of
Washington and Island View
Beach visited Mr. and Mrs. A.
M. Sparrow, Jr. Sunday.
Mrs. Florence Alligood, .a for
mer resident now living in
Hampton, Va., spent a few days
recently with her uncle, J. R.
Davis. Mr. Davis has been con
fined to his bed since last Sep
tember.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Whorton
returned home Wednesday after
spending several days at Man
teo.
S. D. Sparrow, D. Ottis Selby,
O. E. Selby and Ray Selby went
on a fishing trip to Manteo Sat
urday.
Fred Warren of Ransomville
visited the W. E. Powells Satur
day night.
The Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service of Bethany Church
met Friday night at the home
of Mrs. S. T. Sparrow, Sr., with
nine members in attendance.
Mrs. A. M. Sparrow, Jr., presid
ed.
Mrs. W. E. Powelll was pro
gram leader for the evening. Her
subject was, “Earth’s Abundance
and Mans Stewardship.” Inter
esting papers were read by Mrs.
S L. Sparrow, Mrs. L. C. Whor
ton, Mrs John F. Sparrow and
Mrs. A. M. Sparrow, Jr
The hostess served assorted
cookies and iced bottles drinks.
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SIDNEY PERSONALS
Mrs. Ralph Davis of Winstead
ville and children, Milton and
Mike, and Mrs. Florence Alli
good of Hampton, Va., visited
friends here Sunday. Ralph Da
vis also spent a short while here.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Satter
thwaite and baby, Minnie Helen,
have returned to their home in
Norfolk after spending a few
days.
Mesdames Lula Windley and
Sallie Styron and Misses Esther
and Annie Tripp of Washington
and Miss Louise Styron of Nor
folk recently spent a short while
here.
Mrs. Elvin Collins and brother,
E. H. Davis of Norfolk, visited
here Tuesday. They were accom
panied to Pantego by Mrs. E. H.
Davis and sons, Edward, Jr., and
Wilson for a visit to Mrs. Davis’
parents, Mr. and Mis. A. H. Sny
der.
E M. Satterthwaite has given
an acre of land near the Free
Will Baptist Church for a cem
tery. This is on the same side as
the church and nearly opposite
the Satterthwaite cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilkins
of Wrights Creek visited the Sa’-
1 terthwaites Sunday,
Mis Mary Davis is visiting
1 Mr. and Mrs. Lundy Sadler near
Ahoskie.
PANTEGO PERSONALS
Miss Carolyn Aycock has re
turned home after spending two
weeks with Miss Melissa Shuler of
■ Durham, N. C.
Miss Frances Radcliffe has re-
I turned home after visiting Miss
Ann Bynum in Farmville, N. C.
I and Miss Jean Bynum in Green
. ville, N. C.
MISS ANNIE LOUISE GASKILL
WEDS EARL HILL GASKINS
In a ceremony lovely in" its sim
plicity Miss Annie Louise Gaskill,
daughter of A. Thurston Gaskill
and the late Mrs. Helen Williams
Gaskill and granddaughter of the
late Capt. and Mrs. Bill Gaskill of
Ocracoke, became the bride of Earl
Hill Gaskins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Joseph Gaskins of Ocra
coke, on Thursday night, July 17,
at 8:30 o’clock at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Eaton at 1717 Rhem
avenue, New Bern with Rev. John
A .Russell, pastor of Centenary
Methodist church, New Bern, of
ficiating using the single-ring
ceremony.
The vows were spoken before
an improvised altar of white sum
mer flowers, lighted cathedral can
dles in floor candelabra before a
background of palms and green
ery arranged in the large living
room of the Eaton home. The en
tire lower floor of the home was
arranged with a profusion of sum
mer flowers and lighted with
white burning tapers.
The couple, unattended, entered
the room together, the bride wear
ing a ballerina-length wedding
gown of white nylon net and Chan
tilly lace over white satin fashion
ed with lace bodice and full ac
cordion-pleated nylon skirt. She
wore a halo of matching lace and
nylon net and carried a bouquet
of American beauty roses.
Following the ceremony, Mr. and
Mrs. Eaton entertained at an in
formal reception at their home.
The dining room table was covered
with an imported embroidered
linen and lace cloth and centered
with a crystal bowl of white car
nations, gladioli and feverfew
flanked by burning white tapers in
crystal candelabra. At one end of
the table was a three-tiered wed
ding cake topped with a minia
ture bride and bridegroom under a
bridal arch. The cake was served
by Mrs. Joseph Mullineaux and
Miss Boody Hawk after the bridal
couple had cut the first slice and
bridal ices, nuts and mints were
served by Mrs. Alfred Kafer, Jr.,
and Miss Lily Henderson.
Mr. and rMs. Gaskins left for a
wedding trip to unannounced
points and upon their return will
make their home at Ocracoke. For
traveling the bride wore an origi
nal model navy blue linen dress
made with strapless bodice and
matching bolero jacket with which
she used navy blue and white ac
cessories and a corsage lifted from
her bridal bouquet.
Mrs. Gaskins graduated from
Ocracoke High school with the
class of 1952 and Mr. Gaskins
graduated from Ocracoke High
school and is stationed at the
Ocracoke lighthouse with the
United States Coast Guard.
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NEW HOLLAND NEWS
Richard Vansandt is spending
several days in New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Herndon of
Macon, Ga., are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Vansandt.
Miss Barbara Jean Whitfield of
Greenville spent several days last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Hal Swin
dell.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster of New
Bern were weekend guests of Miss
Willie Weston.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. White and
son, Tommy, of Kinston were
weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Tunnell.
Hal Swindell and Douglas Tun
nell were visitors in Goldsboro
and Greenville last week.
Mrs. D. S. Smith is in Chicago
visiting her son and daughter-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Smith.
Miss Barbara Jean Eason of
Wilmington is spending her vaca
tion with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie O’-
Neal.
COUNTRY CLUB
The Belhaven Country Club
met last Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. Sarah Latham on Main
Street Rubram and Herme lilies
and other mixed summer flowers
were attractively arranged
throughout the house. This week
politics was the topic of discus
sion. At the close of the after
noon Mrs. Latham served ice
cream and cake. Those present
were Mrs. H. R. Way, Mrs. Fred
Latham, Mrs. Carter Dalton,
Miss Helene Toland, and Mrs.
Elmyra Bateman.
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