FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1956
RODANTHE PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cahoon spent
Tuesday night in Manteo.
Miss Barbara Ann Midgette of
Norfolk spent the week, end here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Midgett and family.
D. B. Midgett, Jr., U.S.C.G.,
spent the week end here with his
people.
Mrs. Patsy Williams of Manteo
visited her brother Julian L. Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cahoon of
Manteo spent the week end here
with their son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cahoon.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Midgett of
First Colony Inn, Nags Head, were
here Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert K. Mid-
Let ow O ur ea<^s
B r in THANKS • * *
Today, in the spirit of the
j Wr* f* rßt Thanksgiving, let us
fc. give thanks to the Creator
F | i for all the blessings we have
f |r ; received .. . both as individ-
uals and as Americans ... a
B ,'s free people, living without
fear in a free countr y- Like
L | the Pilgrim Fathers, let us
f / * humbly acknowledge our debt
; ' .. to Divine Providence for all
tE||l that we are and may hope
• m . . ■ to become. Like them, let us
c bow our heads in a prayer
< °f gratitude to the Giver of
'eV sa “every good and perfect
gift.”
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gett, Mrs. Ellery C. Midgett and
daughter Joni Laverne arrived
home Sunday after visiting in
Norfolk with relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred O’Neal left
Sunday soy Norfolk to visit their
children.
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Herbert,
Sr. spent the week end in New
York City visiting relatives and
friends. Arrived in Norfolk Sun
day night and joined the families
in a birthday supper in honor of
their daughter, Jazania P. O’Neal,
and arrived home Monday .
Mr. and Mrs. W. Arvai O’Neal
of Norfolk spent Saturday night
here.
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THE HIGHER
THE FEWER
There’s AlwXyaPlenty of Room
At The Top
By
nancy j. Midgett
Last week another milestone
passed me by or 1 passed it by
Sometimes I feel that time stands
still and that we do the moving
from our first squall to our last,
which would seem to infer from
the way that one year’s end runs
into another these days that I’m
doing some pretty speedy travel
ling across time.
Now, though the above stated
impression of what is and is not in
the plan of things, pops in and out
of my mind at times, I cannot rec
oncile myself yet to the fact that
the broadening of the posterior
portion of my anatomy does not
seem to fit in with anyone speed
ing across anywhere; it seems
rather, to be a very evident physi
cal sign of too much slow motion
and sitting around. This must be
one of these places where our
physical and spiritual selves show
themselves more obviously as be
ing separate and apart.
The news of the past two weeks,
wars and rumour of wars, made
me do some thinking back as well
as a lot of thought and self ques
tioning on the present situation.
On the present, that I do not
agree with the declaring of war
as an aggressor; in self protec
tion, yes; or even in the protection
of others who I feel would look to
me for that protection. I don’t
agree with the declaration of war
by Britain but I would not have
voted for, or been a member of the
political party to which the pres
ent Prime Minister belongs, for in
such a situation, the action they
took -is what I would have expected
of the party.
On the other hand, I’can under
stand the action they took, and
even on the facts that have been
given to the world, and I am quite
sure that as in any international
situation lai the facts are never
made known to all the world, they
acted in good faith as they saw the
right thing to do. I think it would
come under - the second of the rea
sons I gave above, ’in the protec
tion of others! As I see it, they
considered a situation existed that
needed more forceful action than
words and many words that seem
ed to have done nothing but in
flame the situation more, have
been uttered. There also comes a
time as with children, when words
have no effect; even those same
words are turned back on the
speakers as a weapon. Then some
thing else lias to be done and I can
only presume that Britain and
France with them, having perhaps
information either unknown or dis
regarded as of lesser importance
by other nations, felt that they
must "do something, even if it’s
wrong, as my late husband used
to say.
That saying reminds me of an
other used by a supervisor of mine
in the past before World War II;
we used to be timed for all our
days work and an average per
hour was worked out on all jobs
done from authorizing new claims,
to writing up and auditing cases,
summarizing weekly payments in
our divisions by the agents, and
on and on. When we presented our
weekly work sheets we were also
supposed to show the number of
errors made, both those found by
our seniors auditing our work and
those found by ourselves. Eventu
ally of course, being regrettably
human and in a situation where
hard competition produced by this
system brought out the ‘be top at
any price’ instinct in some, much
cooking of time sheets was found.
I say ‘found’ and it was mostly
on our division, because this su
pervisor was a wise old bird. She
had been through the office from a
youngster up like all of us in those
days and knew the amount of mis
takes even a good clerk made at
the pace we worked at, therefore
when a time sheet was presented
loaded down with quantities of
work and practically no errors or
even none at all shown, she imme
diately smelt a rat. She would an
nounce with the air of a judge
passing sentence but in a quiet,
sad voice, “you know, I’ve always
found that people who make no
mistakes, do no work.” A rounda
bout way of saying it but when]
your mind had chewed it over, you
knew what she meant.
And when you think about it, na
tions are a collection of you and
me. The individual, without the
mass training of schools, govern
ments, and family life would differ
very little world wide, under simi
lar living conditions. But, Lord
help us, the you’s and me’s are the
hardest things to reason with; I
have more than a little trouble
with myself let alone my near re
lations and I do mean that, Lord
help us.
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THECOASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
WE LIVE ON THE
LONGEST HIGHWAY
IN N., CAROLINA
U. S. 64 Stretches 600 Miles From
Manteo to Murphy—Moun
tains to Ocean
By JOHN COREY
(In the News and Observer)
Roads made ancient Rome a
world empire and roads are
making modem North Carolina a
great state.
Our finely weaved cobweb of
paved roads connecting our rural
areas, towns and cities is proba
bly one of the most extensive in
United States.
Reigning over this labyrinth of
concrete and asphalt are High
ways 64, 70 and 421—the three
arteries completely stretching
across the state from its Atlantic
Ocean eastern boundary to the
mountainous Tennessee border in
the West.
Longest of these “Daddy Long
legs” highways is 64, extending
600 miles over coastal plain,
plateau and mountainous terrain.
Tar Heels possessing bents for
discovering physical assets of the
state can get their money’s worth
by trekking over this route in
auto. It offers a nearly perfect
cross section view of the Old
North State.
No. 64 begins on the Outer
Banks near Nags Head. It bridges
westard over Roanoke Sound to
Roanoke Island and hops two fer
ries to cross Croatan Sound and
Alligator River before hitting
mainland proper.
It then heads across swamplands
of Tyrrell, Washington and Mar
tin counties, slices through tobac
colands near Rocky Mount, bisects
the capital city of Raleigh, passes
through the hilly Piedmont to Lex
ington area, joins 70 as one high
way from Statesville to Morgan
ton and then hops the Southeast
ern mountains to Tennessee line.
On the Outer Banks one can
take a dip in waters of the At
lantic Ocean at an arm’s throw
distance from the highway.
On Roanoke Island the famous
“Lost Colony” summer outdoor
drama plays only a few hundred
feet from it.
In Tyrrell County the highway
forms the main street of Colum
bia, a fishing and potato growing
center.
It touches the huge pulp mill
at Plymouth, goes through tobac
co warehouse sections of William
ston, Robersonville and Rocky
Mount and passes the capitol at
Raleigh. ,
Straight Line
The artery makes a practically
straight line connection between
Pittsboro and Siler City, textile
and furniture towns.
It skims by the industrial Pied
mont centers of Lexington, States
ville, and Hickory before reaching
the mountains.
From Morganton it darts south
ward toward Spindale, then turns
right to Chimney Rock, glances
southward again to Hendersonville,
the apple center, and then zigzags
southwestward.
It traverses beautiful Pisgah
Forest and National Forest. Dot
ting its flanks along the way are
the waters of Lakes Sapphire,
Glenville, Aquone, Hiawasse and
Hiwassee.
At Brasstown the John C.
Campbell Folk School is passed.
Here skilled natives make handi
crafts and practice scientific agri
culture under direction of the
unique school.
Few miles west of Murphy
Highway 64 squirms through An
gellico Gap and leaves Tar Heel
soil to enter Tennessee.
And if the 600 miles of the
route in North Carolina isn’t
enough to satisfy the traveler’s
appetite, there’s plenty mileage
left to be devoured. Highway 64
extends completely across the
continent to Pacific Ocean, over
2,400 miles away.
WINTER FERRY SCHEDULES
Effective Oct. 18, 1956 Through Moy 31, 1957
CROATAN "SOUND FERRY
lv. Manns Harbor Lv. Roanoke Island
6:20 A.M. 5:30 A.M.
8:00 A.M. 7:10 A.M.
9:40 AJA. 8:50 A.M.
11:20 A.M. 10:30 A.M.
1:00 PJA. 12:10 P.M
2:40 P.M. 1:50 P.M.
4:20 PAA. 3:30 P.M.
6:00 P.M. 5:10 P.M.
7:40 P.M. 6:50 P.M.
9:20 P.M. 8:30 P.M.
11:00 P.M. 10:30 P.M.
ALLIGATOR—RIVER FERRY
Lv. East Lake Lv. Tyrrell County
5:30 A.M. 6:20 A.M.
7:10 AJA. 8:00 A.M.
8:50 A.M. 9:40 A.M.
10:30 A.M. 11:20 A.M.
12:10 P.M. 1:00 P.M.
1:50 P.M. 2:40 P.M.
3:30 P.M. 4:20 P.M.
5:10 P.M. 6:00 P.M.
OREGON "iNLET FERRY
Lv. North Shore Lv. South Shore
6:00 A.M. 6:30 A.M.
6:30 A.M. 7:00 A.M.
7:00 A.M. 7:30 A.M.
7:30 A.M. 8:00 A.M.
8:00 AJA. 8:30 A.M.
8:30 A.M. 9:00 AJA.
9:00 AJA. 9:30 AJA.
9:30 A.M. 10:00 AJA.
10:00 A.M. 10:30 A.M.
10:30 A.M. 11:00 A.M.
11:00 AJA. 11:30 AJA.
11:30 AJA. 12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon 12:30 PJA.
12:30 P.M. PAA.
1:00 P.M. 1:30 PJA.
1:30 PJA. 2:00 P.M.
2 00 PJA. 2:30 P.M.
2:30 P.M. 3:00 P.M.
3:00 P.M. 3:30 PJA.
3:30 P.M. 440 PJA.
4:00 P.M. 440 PJA.
4:30 PJA. 3:00 PJA.
HATTERAS PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wade and
daughter Essie arrived home from
Washington, N. C. Saturday, after
being gone a month. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Lynwood
Swain and sons, Buddy and Clif
ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Horton Austin
and son Billy visited Mrs. Betty
Gaskill at Wanchese.
Mr. and Mrs. William Gaunt and
son Eddie returned Saturday from
New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Peele of
Norfolk spent the week end here
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frazier Peele and Mrs. Eliva' Bal
lance.
Mrs. William Foster and son
Willie returned last week after
visiting her grandmother in Bos
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Gray and
children of Manteo spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Damon
Gray.
Those who attended the ice
show in Norfolk from here were
Miss Shelia Gibson, Miss Sonya
Oden, Miss Fern Ballance, Miss
Mitzie Oden, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. Stockton
Midgette and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Damon Gray, Mrs.
Perry Austin, Mrs. Nance Jean
Meekins were in Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Virginia Austin, Mrs. Susie
Austin, Miss Delena Styron were
in Norfolk last week.
Mrs. Tom Heald is visiting his
family here.
Mrs. Lizzie Peele’s Sunday
School class entertained her at the
home of Mrs. Nettie Gibson on her
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What Stands Behind
IT’S MORE THAN THURSDAY
AND TURKEY AND TRADITION
Consider this peculiar day. Consider it well. For there is nothing like it elsewhere.
Here is a holiday that commemorates no hero, celebrates no battlefield. No
lobby is behind ft; n ogroup or sect or party. It doesn't even fall on the same date
twice. Yet Christmas cannot dim it nor 4th of July steal its glory. And all America
loves it with a quiet and affection reserved for no other dey in the year.
What makes Thanksgiving different? What makes it beloved? What makes it
real?
Perhaps the answer is simple. Thanksgiving is an affirmative. It is our heart's
testimony of a deeply held conviction. The conviction that these things we call free
and decent and American just didn't happen to us. We didn't get them because we
were wiser ... or cleverer ... or even luckier.
This conviction is the sum of many beliefs and experiences. The belief in the dig
nity of every human being. We had to fight for that belief in 1776. The belief in a
real right and wrong. We had to act on that belief in 1863 and wipe out slavery or
perish. The belief in decency and honesty and integrity. We had to live by that be
lief or fall apart as a people. And finally, the belief that calls for action today: the
belief in a responsibility, under God, to our fellow man, wherever he may be.
Our attitudes as a people testify to these beliefs. Our whole national history is
a witness to them. In less than a century they have caused us to abolish human slavery,
establish free government across a great continent and bring about equal opportunity
for all. We have demonstrated there beliefs in action to bring, in our time, the world's
nearest approach to a classless society of free men and women.
As we give thanks we take stock of these things we believe in. We renew our
faith in them. We renew our confidence in ourselves, in our land, our neighbors, our
way of life under God. We look ahead s6cure in the knowledge that our children, in
their turn, will bear further and greater witness to the beliefs which have sustained us.
Os all of them and of that way of life they have made possible, Thanksgiving
Day is our joyous affirmation.
DANIELS OIL COMPANY
MANTEO, N. C. ’
78th birthday. The class presented
her with a lovely gift She left
last week to visit in Elizabeth City
with her daughter, Mrs. Allen
Ballance.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Job and
Mrs. Frazier Peele visited Mrs.
Ralph Burrus over the week end.
The Bible Class met at the home
of Mrs. Virginia Austin Friday
night with 13 members present.
The book of Ist Corinthians
was discussed. Plans were made
for the annual banquet to be held
at Scotty’s Restaurant the middle
of December.
The hostess served pumpkin and
mince pie, coffee and tea.
Those attending the Youth Rally
at Elizabeth City were Rev. Ray
Sparrow, Mrs. Virginia Austin,
Mrs. Velma Stowe, Ursula Austin,
Cora Joan Austin, Jeanie Gray,
Joanne Midgette, Eloise Stowe,
Elaine Stowe, Sandra Ballance,
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Beth Newton, Ruby Fagley, Dale
Burrus, Donnie Oden.
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