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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
PVT. CHARLES MOORE WEDS
EvALYN GNEPPER OF ELMoRE

Bethel United Brethren Church
in Elmore was the setting last
Friday evening, July 20, at 7:30
for the wedding of Miss Evalyn
Jean Gnepper, daughter of NJ.
and Mrs. Cyrus Gnepper, and Pvt.
Charles Moore of Oak Harbor.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Moore.
Rev. Michael Yeagle, great
uncle of the bride, presided at
the double ring ceremony and was
assisted by Rev. George Ander-
son. pastor of the church. Mrs.
Franklin Gnepper. aunt of the
bride, presented a musical pro-
gram at the organ during the
seating of the guests by Ralph
Moore and Herbert Gnepper,
brothers of the couple. Richard
Moore. another brother of the
groom, was soloist and sang BE
cause, Il Love You Truly,
and the Lords Prayer preceding
| and during the ceremony.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
gown of slipper satin, fashioned
| with long sleeves, fitted bodice, a
pearl embroidered bertha collar,
! and a full gathered skirt which
ended in train. Her fingertip
veil of silk illusion yelling was
held in place by headpiece of
shirred yelling with rows of
pearls. Her bouquet was a cas-.
cade of white roses centered with
ivy and white orchid.
Mrs. Dwight Gnepper as matron
of honor wore an original design
gown of net and taffeta, with tiny
buttons on the tight bodice, and
sheer net draping over her shoul-
derS to form a collar. The over
skirt of the lovely gown was de
signed with billowS of net. She
wore crownless picture hat OF
net and taffeta, and carried a cas-
cade arrangement of pink roses
and ivy.
Earl Moore served his brother
as bestman. All male members
of the wedding party wore appro
pirate white boutonnieres.
Mrs. Gnepper wore navy blue
crepe frock and pink rose cor
sage, while Mrs. Moore was in 6
navy blue sheer print with SINH
lar corsage.
A reception for more than 25C
guests was held at Harris-Elmore
high school after the ceremony
When the couple left for three
day wedding trip the bride was
wearing a navy blue Handmachel
suit and navy and white acceS
sories and her white corsage
They plan to visit with relatives
| in this area before leaving fol
Enterprise, Ala, where Pvt Moore
is stationed. The bride was {
graduate of Harris-Elmore high
school while the groom attended
Salem Oak Harbor school.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
BR0UCH DIRECTS
ALASKAN TOUR

Clayton Brough, Oak Harbor,
left this morning Friday) for
Alaska as a tour conductor for
the Allen Travel Service. Inc,
Cleveland. Mr.. Brough is an
authority on Alaska and is we'll
known as lecturer and author.
He will be gone three weeks.
Mr.. Brough will take his
group of 35 to Vancouver, B. c.,
on the Canadian Pacific Railway
with stops at Banff, in the Cana
dian Rockies, and Lake Louise
At Vancouver the encourage will
board the Canadian steamship,
the Princess Kathleen, for pass.
age to Skagway, Alaska, by way
of the channel between Vancou.
yer Island and British Columbia
and the Alaskan mainland.
StopoverS on the return trip
will include Victoria on Vance
yer Island; Seattle, Wash; and
three days at Glacier National
Park.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
Norwegian Arrives
To Train On Farm
Near Oak Harbor

Arriving at the farm home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Miller, near
Oak Harbor this week was new
Norwegian trainee, Per Tau
Strand, 18, of Tau, Rogaland
Norway.
Strand will replace Carl Rune
Anderson, who completed three
months of training and observing
On the Miller farm. 1t will be
Strands second period, his first
having been spent on a dairy
farm.
The youth reads English vel
and talks clearly. He finished
three years in high school and
had six months of agriculture
theory. He is interested in fruit
and truck crops.
Anderson left July 81 for hi.
second period of training a
Corvallis, Oregon.
The trainees are in the Unit
les Cooperation Administration
They will return to their native
country at the conclusion O
their second farm training per
iod, to apply their new know
ledge of American farm tech
nique to their own lands.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
CoETZ REUNION HELD
AT CRAYTOWN PARK

The annual Goetz family re-
union was held on Sunday after
noon, July %, at the Graytown
Park, when the following assem-
bled for a potluck dinner and SUP
per. Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Goctz,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilton Goetz, Care.
lyn, Roger and Arnold, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Goetz, Leslie and Bon
ME, Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Zenscr,
Sandra and Terry, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Goetz, Mrs. William
Schultz and Ralph, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond LaFountaine, Shirley,
Stanley and Linda, Kay Youster,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert LaFountaine,
Dicky and Donald, Mr. and Mrs.
George Goetz, Mr.. and Mrs. Low
ell Goetz, Mr.. and Mrs. Erwin
Goetz, Norman and Tommy, Mr..
and Mrs. Ben GoetZ, Geraldine
and Lavonne, Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight
Witty all of Oak Harbor area; Mr.
and Mrs. Chet Ingledue, Sharon,
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
RURAL WOMEN
7 0 c A N P A I
CATAWbA ISLAND

Ottawa county rural women
will enjoy camping period at
Camp Yukita, Catawba Island,
beginning August 8.
Entertainment will include
swimming, clay spatter painting,
and making of Christmas tree
ornaments. There will also be a
slide talk on Germany and glimp.
ses of life and culture in Japan
The camp will open at 2 p. m
Wednesday, August 8, and will
close Saturday, August II.
Directors of the camp will be
Betty Lou Spaulding, home dem
onstration agent of Oak Harbor
and Mary James, Sandusky coun
ty home demonstration agent
Mrs. Raymond Boiler, state route
2, will be song leader.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
OAK HARBoR
Ers0CIE II
Country Culture Club

The Country Culture Club held
its regular meeting July 10Th at
the Community Club room in
Oak Harbor. Roll call was an
swered with What l Would
Consider a Vacation. Twenty
one members and seven visitors
gave very clever replies. The
program chairman, Mrs. Lester
MINER introduced Betty Lou
Spaulding who received Ottawa
County's All program. A dem
onStration featuring First Aid
was given by Norma LacumSky
Helen Rose and Thelma Jean
Burning as the victim A flute
solo RED Satin" and "Gava" was
given by Moreno Palm, accom-
panied by Mrs. Palm at the pi
ano. Miss Spaulding then pre-
sented slides of the county. A
delicious lunch was served by
Miss Joan Mylander and Mrs
Walter Miller.
Visitors were, Mrs. Johr
Palm and Moreno of Rocky Ridge
Norma Jean Burning, Heller
Rose, Norma Lacumsky. Pegg,
MINER, of Lacarne; Geneva Gu
lau and Miss Betty Lou Spauld
ing of Oak Ha'bor, and Miss
Martha Meinke of Columbus, 0
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
TOLEDO PASTOR
IN | AK SIDE
PULPIT SUNDAY

Rev. Sidney A. Mayer, pastor
of Epworth Methodist Church,
Toledo, will speak at morning
services here Sunday, July 90.
Music by the Greater Cincinnati
Methodist Chorus, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Grace Storey
Simmonds, is planned
The Bloomville High School
band will give an afternoon con-
cert; and on Sunday evening,
Judge Camille Kelley, Memphis,
Tenn, nationally known for her
work with young people, will
speak.
The Southernaires Male Quar-
tet is scheduled for concert
Saturday evening, July %. Other
features of Lakeside's chautau-
qua program for the coming
week follow: Monday = Motion
picture, Treasure Island; Tues.
day-The Musical Arts Quin
tette; Wednesday-Address, DR.
Humbert; Thursday = Mary X
Browne, former national tennis
champion; Friday = Motion pic
ture, Follow the Sum-; and Sat
urday-Eileen Farrell, soprano.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
COUNTY AGENTS
NEWSLETS

A visit to all elevators las!
Tuesday indicated that farmers
are having a rough time with
wheat harvest. Low weights,
high moisture and low yields will
seriously cut farm income for
1851
Harmon Milbrodt was combin
ing some nice Vigo wheat that
is registered for seed.
Thursday office callers includ
ed Gaillard Markley, Leslie
Hemminger, Albert Myerholz
Martin Bitter who made phi
silo this year, Mrs, Ruth Martr
and Bob Reider.
Yes, chinch bugs are the cur
rent menace slapping the farm
er in the face. We suggest the
old fashioned creosote barrier oil
a SO chlordane dust barrier
Spraying is no good.
Grasshoppers are Matching ou
along ditch banks and moving
into soybeans, tomato and al
falfa fields. The SO chlordane
dust recommended for chincf
bugs will do the job and so vii
$50 toxaphene.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
Beekeepers Plan
Picnic SUNDAY

Beekeepers of Ottawa and Lo.
rain counties have been invited
to attend the Erie county Bee.
keepers annual picnic which is
being held Sunday, July 20, at
the home of Miss Kerns, at Bir-
mingham, Ohio, according to G.
v. Knepper, secretary-treasurer
of the Ottawa County Beekeepers
Assn. Lunch will be served at
1900 noon E. S. T.
All beekeepers and their fam.
lilies are invited to participate in
the days activities for which
speakers, games, contests, etc.
have been scheduled. The State
Beekeepers meeting will be held
at Medina this year on August
Z and 8.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
Allen Township Boy
To Enter Cooperative
Marketing Contest

Kenneth Sievert. member Of
Allen Township Boys All Club.
will represent Ottawa County in
a marketing contest to be held
July 81. Prize is an all-expenSe
2-week trip to logan, Utah, to
attend the youth section of the
American Institute of Coopera-
tion.
Kenneth has done his work in
egg marketing. Trip is sponsor
ed by the North Central Egg and
Poultry Cooperative. A 500 word
theme and a S minute talk on
egg marketing were the major
hurdles. A personality interview
on July 81 will conclude the con-
test to help decide the winner.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
Oak Harbor Soldier
Member Of Oldest
US Unit In Germany

4 STRAUBING GERMANY (Spec-
iaD-Pvt. John Greener, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Greener,
Route No. 2, Oak Harbor, Ohio,
has been assigned to the 9th Arm-
ored Cavalry Regiment in Straub-
ing, Bavaria. In civilian life he
was employed at the Erie Ord
nance Depot, Lacarne, Ohio.
: Pvt. Greener has become a
member of one of the U. S. Army's
Oldest fighting units. Known as
the Fighting Sixth, the regiment
was formed 80 years ago, May 4,
1861, and has been on active duty
ever since. With 80 battle stream
ers flying form its colors, the
regiment has seen action in every
armed conflict the United States
has fought since Civil War days
3. After the Civil War, the regi-
ment spent their next 80 years
protecting the frontiersmen in the
Wild West. The Boxer Rebellion
Philippine campaigns, Pershing's
raid into Mexico after Pancho Vii
la, Spanish-American War, War
World / and an excellent record
in World War II are all a par;
of the regiments history of com
bat.
- After more closely supervised
training, Pvt. Greener will be as
signed to company for work as
9 part of team in helping guard
..sthe eastern-most outpost of de
mocracy Tin Europe)" along the
German-Czechslovakian border.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
Child Breaks Arm
In Fall From Tree

Young Billy Gerlich, of Wapa.
koneta, Ohio, stopped by the
NEWS to report that his 7-year
old brother. Tommy, broke his
right arm. when he fell from q
tree at the Andrew Parker cot.
tages, on Catawba Island, where
the family is vacationing this
week. Tommy was taken to Ma
gruder hospital where x-rays dis,
closed a double break and the
arm was put in a cast.
Tommy and Billy, with their
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Gerlich, sister Peggy and little
brother Stevie came from Wapa
koneta for a week of fishing in
Lake Erie
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
LEGION AUXILIARY
PAST PRESIDENTS MEET

Mrs. Joseph Banchich was hos
ess to members of the American
Legion Auxiliary's Past Presidents
Farley at her home last Friday
evening. Following a short busi-
ness session the evening @as
spent informally. At the conclu-
sion of the evening Mrs. Banchich
served a delicious lunch to Mrs.
Charles Leow, Mrs. Orville Bald
win, Mrs. Melvin Wyatt, Mrs. Ed
gar DEWITT, Mrs. F. E. boomer,
Mrs, Paul r. Lockwood, Mrs. w.
P. Shortridge, Mrs. Nick Stevens,
Mrs. Leroy G. Dirnberg, Mrs. Ivy
Fehr and Mrs. Edward Sharpe.
The group will meet next month
at the home of Mrs. Boomer.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
Health Secretary
To Serve AS Vital
Statistics Registrar

A legislative act relative to
the appointment of local regis
trars of vital statistics to serve
in lieu of village and township
clerks, becomes effective July 80,
1851.
The provisions of this bill con-
Germ general health districts only
in that it eliminates township
and village registration districts
and creates in lieu thereof one
primary registration district to
include all the area of a general
health district.
The vital statistics law provides
that in general health district
all records relating to births
stillbirths, and deaths shall be
filed in the office of the board
of health.
Gale Stevens, Clerk of tho
Board of Health, has been ap
pointed registrar and Audrey
Telep, nurse in the same depart
ment, deputy registrar. One
sub-registrar, Mr.. F. w. Sa
broske, of Elmore has been ap
pointed for the district. He viii
accept death certificates for fiji
ing and will issue burial permits
Certified copies of birth, still
birth, and death certificates viii
be issued by the health depart
ment on and after the above
date.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
NOT IN ACCIDENT

Herb Ewersen, of Bay Shore
road, was not party in an acci
dent which involved an automo
bile and boy on a bicycle last
week. The NEWS is informed
that Mr.. Ewerson did not have
an accident, but that the motor
list referred to was a Herb Viii
Hanson. The NEWS regrets this
error in the original report.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
kNlERiEM REUNION

The ninth annual Knieriem re-
union was held on Sunday, July
%, at the Graytown Park. Those
attending were Mr.. and Mrs. John
Knieriem, Leah and Juanita, Mrs.
AL Bohnoff and Marilyn, Edwin
Hawkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Diefenthaler, Robert and Marilyn,
Mrs. Lyle Brilliant, Fay, Paulette
and Carol, Mr.. and Mrs. Owen
Klingelsmith and Edward, Gay
lord Stiller, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Battiste and Gwendolyn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kingston Ganske, Lyle and
Kingston, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Ern-
est Knieriem, Paul and Karen,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Sriter.
The group enjoyed potluck din
ner and supper and the afternoon
was spent playing games and vis-
iting.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
O. G. CARD CLUB

Mrs. Vern Babcock was host
eSS to the O. G.. Pinochle Club
at her home last Friday even
ing. Mrs. Marian Smidutz and
Mrs. Bertha RoSentreter SubSti-
tuted for two members who
were unable to attend. When
the scores were totalled Mrs.
Gladys Mays held the high score
while Mrs. d. J. Fitzgerald was
conSoled. The evening was con,
cluded with delicious refresh.
mentS.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
0LDTIMERS TO
HOLD A N N UAL
LAKESIDE MEET

Oldtimers of Lakeside will get
together August 2 in the Hoover
Auditorium. The hall will con-
tain number of articles of his
torical interest.
Mrs. Ray Kauble, president.
will conduct the annual meeting
with Mrs. S. F. Edwards in charge
OF the program. Mrs. E. S. Mas.
on will conduct the fellowship
tea following the program.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
4-H Camp Opens
At Kelleys Island

Last Tuesday 1872 Ottawa Co.
All members registered for the
annual four-day junior and SC
nior camp on Kelley's island.
Members over IA attended the
camp, sponsored by the County
Agricultural Service, from the
goth until the oath, and 10 year
to IA year members will attend
from the oath to 28th.
The senior camp will be direct.
ed by county home demonstra.
ton agent Betty Lou Spaulding.
Other members of her staff will
include County Agent Fred
Grimm, Paul Leidheiser and
Mary James, of Sandusky county
and Mrs. Herbert Dehring and
Faye Kardatzke, Oak Harbor;
Rhea Schumacher, Genoa, Bob
Bahnsen, Port Clinton, Mary
Zimmerman and Charles Nc
Cachren. of Sandusky county.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
NON-PARIEL CLUB

Mrs. Edward Sharpe was host
ess to the Non-Pariel Club at her
home last Wednesday afternoon
when Canasta was the diversion
of the day. The afternoon was
concluded with tasty luncheon
served by Mrs. Sharpe to Mrs.
Louise Bauch, Mrs. Cy Franck,
Mrs. Elmer Nehls, Mrs. Leon
Leutz, Mrs. Lawrence Mylander,
Mrs Ray Hablitzel, Mrs. Cora Het-
rick, Mrs. H. V. Revenaugh, Mrs.
Bernard Scheuerman and Mrs.
Henry Bittner of Curtice.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27

Rita and Patsy, Mr.. and Mrs. Gene
Mcdaniel of Toledo; Mrs. Mary
Gerwin, Mrs. Norman Gerwin ef
Gibsonburg, and Mrs. Robert Ami
ling and Gerry of Elmore. The
afternoon was spent playing
games and contests, and renew
ing relationships.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27

Mrs. Eda Bower, who is ill.
Mrs. F. J. Schimansky and
Helene of Los Angeles spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
nard Schimansky and family in
Cleveland.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27
Catawba Flower Show
And Fete This FRIDAY

Catawba Island Garden Club
will hold its third annual flower
show and lawn fete at the Charles
Steffens addition this Friday.
This event, which in the past
two years drew great many
flower enthusiasts, is sponsored
by the Catawba Island Chamber
of Commerce as community
project in cooperation with the
Garden Club.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27

Ohio winter wheat crop improv-
ed considerably during May,
Forecast for 1851 crop is 81
323, ,0O0-9 million bushels lower
than last years crop.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27

$ Now is an excellent time to
shear and prune pines to be sold
for, Christmas trees.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27

Demand for food and agricuI-
trral products will be strong dur
ing the rest of the year.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27

Civil defense authorities say air
raid warning signals will be made
by whistles, horns, or sirens. Sig.
EalS can be identified by 3-min-
ute warbling blast.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1951-07-27

Chiggers are among the most
annoying pests of man found in
this country.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-08-24
LOST COLONY'S ELEVENTH
SEASON ENDS SEPTEMBER 2

Paul Green's symphonic drama,
The Lost Colony, will present its
last performance of the current
18th season on Sunday night, Sep
TENDER 2. Attendance this year
will be near record for the drama
which was originally planned as
zone season pageant" in 1887 to
commemorate the 350th annivers-
airy of the birth of Virginia Dare,
first child of English parentage
borr in the New World that was
to become America, and the tragic
attempts of colonists sent out from
England by Sir Walter Raleigh
in 1887 to establish a new nation
on Roanoke Island.
Attendance for the current sea-
son is expected to pass the $4,000
mark for paid admissions before
the 1851 finale on September 2.
Since the premiere of The Lost
Colony in 1887, more than $4,000
persons have witnessed the drama.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-08-24
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND
WIFE HURT IN WRECK
Ahoskie Woman Dies; Stumpy
Point Man and Wife, South
Mills Teachers, in Hospital

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Meekins of
South Mills are in the Albemarle
Hospital in Elizabeth City, the vic
tins of an automobile accident
which took place at Morgan's Cor
ner, near Elizabeth City, shortly
after six o'clock Wednesday even
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Meekins are re-
ported to be suffering from head
injuries, Mrs. Meekins in critical
condition, Mr.. Meekins injured
less seriously.
Killed in the wreck was Mrs.
Russell Lanier of Ahoskie. Mr..
Lanier was injured. According to
reports, the Lanier car skidded
and swerved on the road, hitting
the Meekins car head-on.
Mr.. Meekins, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. E. Meekins of Stumpy
Point, is to be principal of the
South Mills school this year, and
he and Mrs. Meekins had just
moved to South Mills.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-08-24
DAMAGE TO THREE
AUTOS IN TWO-CAR
COLLISION HERE

Three late-model automobiles
were damaged as result of two
car collision at the intersection of
Road and County streets in Man
teo about 1890 pm. Wednesday.
The cars driven by Mrs. Maude
Castlebury Layton of Littleton and
Walter J. Purdy of Ravenswood,
w. Va, collided at the street eros
sing, after which Mrs. Layton's
car continued through the inter-
section and struck the 1851 Plym-
outh owned by J. Gordon Conrad
of Winston-Salem, which was
parked in the driveway at the
Frank Husband home.
Mrs. Layton was driving south
on Road street; Mr.. Purdy's car
was going west on County street
before the accident occurred.
Purdy's car was about three feet
on the left side of the center of
the road after the accident, the in
vestigating officer reported. Purdy
said that he was driving about Is
miles per hour. Mrs. Layton said
that she was driving about 25
miles per hour, but Purdy said
that she accelerated the engine as
she approached the intersection
and was going, in his opinion,
about 40 mif& per hour.
Policeman M. C. Mitchell, who
Investigated the accident, estimated
that the damage to Mrs. Layton's
car, a 1851 Pontiac, was about
$3.50; SIS to $100 damage was
done to Purdy's 1850 Buick; and
the Conrad ear will require about
$500 repairs.
All parties involved in the ac-
cident were covered by insurance.
There were no arrests, and, By
agreement among the principals,
no charges win be brought.
According to Mrs. Layton's driv-
er's license, the Littleton lady had
celebrated her 74th birthday one
day previous to the accident. She
was born August a. 1877.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-08-24
DeFEBIO RE-HEARlNG
AT 2 P. M. FRIDAY

Another hearing in the Dare
County Juvenile Court is scheduled
for 2 pm. Friday to reconsider
the fitness of Frank and Theo De-
Febio to provide a proper home
for their three minor children. AS
a result of an order signed by
Chauncey S. Meekins, juvenile
court judge, the children have been
in a boarding home in Perquimans
county since early in the summer.
Mr.. DeFebio is still living in
Dare county at the former Paul
CAMEL Coast Guard Station near
Duck, which has been the family's
home since they came to Dare
county in January 1850. Mrs. De-
Febio is employed in Washington,
D. c., as a taxi driver, though she
makes frequent visits here. Mrs.
DeFebio contends that the "suit-
able" home required by Judge
Meekins for the children has been
established in Washington, D. c.,
and she told a member of this
newspapers staff last Sunday that
all the courts stated requirements
for the release of the children
establishment of a suitable home,
See DeFEBIO, Page Four