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NEW EXPERIENCES ADD JOY
TO A FAMILIAR TASK
During the past three weeks or
more I have had many new ex
periences in a kind of work with
which I have long been familiar.
Somehow or other it has fallen to
my lot to work in many causes
throughout the years. Sometimes I
have had the responsibility, too, of
raising money to finance the cause
I worked for. That I have been
successful in these jobs in most
instances is not due to any espec
ial ability, but to the fact that I
wasn’t afraid to work at what the
job called for, but more particu
larly to the fortunate circumstan
ces that I usually had a good
cause to promote. When one has
something worthwhile in the way
of a cause to sell, it is not diffi
cult to get wide-awake and pro
gressive people to buy.
In my time I have helped raise
a large part of the money to fi
nance two church programs, one
for building and one for enlarging.
My name was not generally known
in connection with them. I have
mapped out programs for the rais
ing of funds for several celebra
tions through the years, and
which have totaled many thous
ands of dollars. Some of these cel
ebrations honored Virginia Dare,
old citizens and public servants,
old veterans of the Coast Guard,
the presentation of a watch to a
Congressman, the relief of an in
valid needing medical care to build
a home for a deaf and dumb man,
many times for the Democratic
War Chest, and numerous other
causes. My first experience was in
1926 when I energized the collec
tion campaign for funds to finance
the Dare County Homecoming
which brought to Roanoke Island
on Virginia Dare’s birthday the
biggest crowd it had known up to
that time, and along with it Sir
Esme Howard, the British Ambas
sador and principal speaker.
For a while I made numerous
trips to distant states seeking
wealthy people who might be in
clined to make gifts of lands es
sential to the establishment of the
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
I had some small success in this
interesting work, but quite unex
pected and out of clear sky came a
gift not to the Government. There
was a man who liked me, and
who loved Dare County because
of the delights he enjoyed here.
And because of some things others
too had done to make his stays
here pleasant, he gave Dare Coun
ty a piece of land, rather than to
Uncle Sam. He said it was his
hope it would be used later for
the enjoyment and happiness of
all the people of Dare County. The
officials later sold the land for
$55,000 and put the proceeds into
the new jail, previously voted
down by the people by a heavy
vote, and they added nearly as
much more to complete the job.
Some might raise eyebrows
were I to recite the list of causes
in which I have been engaged, but
it is with no boasting spirit when
I mention them. It is to give be
lated thanks. to so many people
who have assisted me, who have
made my way easy, and from the
associations and the rich experi
ences and fine friendships that
have grown out of these under
takings, I have received something
more greatly treasured than the
WELCOME I
to the
PIRATES’
JAMBOREE
FOR THE BEST BUY IN
Sports and
Beach Wear
by
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SPEECH & HEARING CLINIC
GREENVILLE JUNE 8-JULY 14
Mrs. Dennis E. Evans, Super
intendent of Dare County Schools,
has announced that East Carolina
College is conducting a Speech and
Hearing Clinic at Greenville, be
ginning June 8 to July 14, daily,
from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. There
will be no charge for the children
attending except transportation,
room and lodging while attending
the clinic.
Mrs. Evans advises that any
parents who are interested in en
rolling their children should con
tact her immediately.
silly praise that comes from stup
id people who gush over you to
day and kick you soundly tomor
row the first time you find you
cannot agree with them.
I would say to all who work for
'causes, if you go into them ex
pecting to be a hero, to be glori
fied, to be praised and plastered
with baloney, then you are going
at it wrong. Today’s praise is but
a wisp of the wind, worthless to
morrow, so forget about it .1 say,
if you see a job that needs to be
done, go out with conviction and
zeal that it is worthy; that its
success will bring benefits to oth
ers unknown to us or who are yet
unborn. Go out, determined to car
ry it through to success without
regard to personal sacrifice, risk or
cost. And then in your heart will
always be that soothing glow that
overcomes the kicks and com
plaints from the stupid and en
vious, who are incapable of the
finer instincts of life, including
gratitude.
j Os all the things I have been
engaged in, I have never enjoyed
any of them more than the job
during the past month of looking
up those people whose names were
necessary to make possible Dare
County’s commitment to Uncle
Sam when we were begging so
desperately for the improvement
of our waterways during the past
j ten years. It has been a requisite
before the job could be let to
'spend $750,000 for Wanchese har
bor that permits must be obtained
. from many people in connection
with the dredging rights of way.
In looking these people up in Nor
folk I found old friends lost sight
of for many years. I learned about
their children and their successes
in life, and the nice homes and
jobs so many of them enjoy. I
came away rested after the long
conversations and reminiscenses
exchanged with so many of these
people. Messages had to be sent to
Texas and phone calls to New
York where I discovered other old
friends long cherished but long
unseen.
Although I plunged into a task
where misunderstandings and dis
courtesy had been disastrous be
fore in an earlier stage, I went
with a new slant, and happy spir
it, and I paid no mind or memory
to the things that had been told
me, or were told me later about
the troubles had been caused, and
who caused them. All I saw were
friendly toward me; nowhere was
there a hint of resentment nor
discourtesy, nothing but the finest
cooperation, a desire to help, and
an atmosphere that would convince
anyone that most human beings
respond to a good approach, to
courteous treatment, to an oppor
tunity to serve their fellowmen. I
say, of all my experiences in work
ing for causes, t have, through
these recent weeks, found immeas
urable happiness in my feeble en
deavors to bring about a stage in
the history of the Wanchese har
bor project, whereby now it can
be made a complete success. The
final task yet to accomplish for
ultimate fulfillment is to raise
some money, and now someone can
take over from here.
A TIME HONORED OCCUPATION GRADUALLY DWINDLES AWAY AS FISHING CHANGES
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FIVE YEARS AGO, this was a scene viewed frequently through the several fishing villages of this
coastland. The hanging of the netting to the strong lines which carried it was an important profession,
followed largely by women. Being ever expert with needle and thread it was no wonder that menfolks
depended greatly upon them, and many years ago they knitted all the nets by hand. Nowadays most
everything comes factory made, and fewer and fewer people are interested in it anyway.
PEOPLE
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It is'not equitable in our way of
life for anyone in any community
to hold that one man alone ought
to contribute the full share of the
cost, nor even the major share.
This is a matter of individual
choice. In anything so big and im
portant, which has been given at
great cost by all the people, which
has been won by the efforts of
many people elsewhere, and is be
ing tendered a single community
after almost no effort, on their
part, it is just that all should have
the pride and desire to contribute
something to the cause.
In the inception of the project
years ago, the late A. H. Ward,
who spearheaded the campaign
through many coastal counties,
most likely contributed first and
last of his own money more than
is now being sought to crown the
achievement which he never lived
to see. In the day coming, when
this harbor is complete, the Gov
ernor, the Senators, Congressmen,
etc. will attend, and it will be
such a day as never before seen in
this coastland. There will be plenty
of glory for all, with proper rec
ognition for everyone who has
given of effort and time to bring
this benefit to the community, and
the name to be most remembered
that day is that of Alvah Ward.
LABOR
(Continued from Page One)
1. Basically and close at home
is the immediate benefit to those
who wish a more desirable site for
homes and business. Who antici
pate and prepare for income
from those who may be attracted
to our locality for recreation and
sport. Who must expect, during
years to come, complete depend
ence for income to support their
public services, from the tax in
come increasing development and
property values will yield.
2. The increased respect and
prestige that will win for us na
tionwide approval toward an area
whose people are on the alert to
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THE COASTLAND TIMES, MANTEO, N. C.
protect, save and improve what
they have and who are willing to
share liberally in the cause of
their labors and their resources.
3. The stability and the integri-|
ty which will be a by-product to
merit in increasing measure as the;
years go by, the interest and sup-;
port of national leadership and fi
nancial aid essential for continued
improvement, in the aid and de
velopment of an area whose worth
has been made secure.
4. As the elevation and stability
of the long stretches of beach ared
continues to improve, we will find
a constant diminishing of the tidal
.forces that have heretofore been
dissipated and lost in rolling
'across the land, when they should
have served mankind better by be
ing forced to gush through the in
lets which have multiple useful
ness to all our people, one of the
greatest commerce, but particular
ly the enrichment of the livelihood
of the thousands of citizens de
pendent on commercial fishing.
No one doubts that the waste of
water over our beaches, which have
become lower and lower through
the years, has been a costly con
tributing factor to the shoaling of
the several inlets between sound
and sea.
Every informed person knows
that instead of being adequate for
the boats of today, the shoaling of
our inlets has presented a new
barrier and a handicap to these
boats and a loss in income to those
who man them. Our inlets through
the years have constantly de
creased in value, instead of in
creasing, whereby their functional
value would have permitted the
development of a new and larger
class of trade from vessels now
obliged to contribute all their
products to distant ports at costly
loss of time and profit.
We must not lose sight of the
great support essential to this
cause from the far reaches of our
state and of areas in between be
cause the program carried merit
to arouse the concern of all who
live in coastal areas beyond the
Outer Banks. The future protec
tion that will be afforded these
areas against storms, inundation
i and erosion will depend on the de
gree of resistance the beach eleva
tions can maintain.
| Thus only because of the com
' mon interest neighboring areas
share with us in the protection of
what is dearest to them, has it
been possible for Governor
Hodges to enlist the complete sup
port to bring his efforts to suc
cess. Let us too, bear in mind our
1 obligation to the leadership in
those areas, and that we must re-
• main united in effort with them,
for any other course would create
discouragement to this cause.
To Consolidate Forces
An opportunity is now present
ed, through Governor Hodges’ ded
icated vision for the betterment of
the coastland, for the development
of a vast program, susceptible only
of its greatest possibility under
the coordination of efforts of sev
eral important agencies with a
single goal. A unity of effort, and
the use of the best thought of all
may achieve success in a short
period. To this end, it is recom
mended that all North Carolina’s
agencies, the National Park Serv
ice, the National Defense services,
the counties and towns of the
state, and more particularly those
ther ei n located, assemble en
■ masse, as it were, and evolve the
means of waging the battle with
united force, to eliminate waste
: and duplication, to resolve policies
• and approve procedures before
misunderstandings fling sparks to
ignite community antagonisms, as
so often have happened to discred
it, damage or destroy some of the
most worthy endeavors ever under-
• taken for the betterment of our
communities.
Only by cooperation may we
hope for success, and perhaps a
bigger success if representatives
i of those who, within the area under
i consideration are members of the
• agencies which administer the pro
gram. We believe there are people
; whose days have been spent on the
i ground who may have more of
i value to lend this great cause,
• than some others who may come
i from afar, and be wiser in other
ways. We believe this view is
shared with the majority of per
sons who live here. Whenever en
gineering brains persist in poli
cies based entirely on books and
graphs garnered from distant
places, but which observation and
experience leads a practical man
of the coast to consider rank folly,
the cause and the program has
lost a degree of force and influ
ence that are essential to complete
success.
We entertain the hope and the
confidence that the kind of coop
eration we enjoin herein will be a
part of this program. And with
cooperation, there will be the de
sire to carefully review all the
viewpoints of the various agencies,
adapting that which is most prac
tical and bearing promise of
greatest gains.
The success of this undertaking
is, of course, primarily dependent
upon the extent of the time and
effort our people are willing to
put into it We are also hopeful
and confident that at this time,
and faced with the dilemma as it
is, and having the opportunity and
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dered us, our gratitude and undetf
standing will prompt us in a spon
taneous and unselfish response as
never before.
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