In the immediate wake of the wade-in and sit-in protests, the Terrace Club management continued to enforce its whites-only membership rules for the remainder of the summer of 1964. The silence in the public square unnerved some residents. As the summer came to end in early September, the Times published a letter from Olive Goings Melvin that chided city leaders for remaining quiet: “Perhaps I thought some of our white citizens would speak up on the injustices of the Terrace Club swimming pool. …. I feel we live in a very unhealthy atmosphere when no one wants to become involved. Religious and civic leaders are quiet on anything so controversial.” Mrs. Melvin recalled the newspaper’s original coverage of the wade-in, which captured the support for integration that could be found in the community. “I must say,” she concluded, “I admired the young man who shook hands with one of the swimmers. Thank you, young man, for showing Portsmouth there is some good when all looked so bad.”