The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1952-05-09
CAPE WOODSERS
WALK OFF WITH
TRACK DAY GLORY
Great Victory Won In Con-
tests at Hatteras Islands
First Event Of the
Kind

Grammar graders resident in Trent
and Buxton Woods, attending the
school here, outpointed grammar
graders from Hatteras and Avon
schools by II to So in the first
inter-community track meet and
field day ever staged on Hatteras
Island, an occasion that brought
together one of the largest crowds
ever assembled on the Outer Banks
for school event and which pro-
vided a day of inter-community
visiting.
1t was 2 field for the Gray, since
members of this widely distributed
family scored a total of % points
as against 10 for the Willis family,
the next highest. Most of the Gray
were from Avon, and they account
ed for more than half the points
chalked up by that school. But
there were Grays on all the teams,
both Hatteras and Buxton, listed
among the winners.
Most of the long-established
family names on the Island were
listed among the winners, except
the Meekins family which had few
entrants and no winners. Third
high among the families were the
Scarboroughs, with seven first
places and in order were the Roll
linsons, with five. Other winner
names included the Burruses, the
Williamses, and the Quidleys and
the Austins and the Millers.
But the real hero of the day was
Mrs. Nettie Peele who directs the
lunch room of the local school
which was host for the day. With
her assistants, most of them from
the school, she served nearly 400
meals during the two-hour lunch
period. She took them in relays,
since the dining room seats only
80 at a time. The meals were serv-
ed to pupils and visitors alike at
cost, which is 20 cents per day.
Every one Of the nine events
scheduled for the grammar-graders
was watched with keen interest
and friendly rivalry both among
pupils and parents. The basketball
game scheduled for the afternoon
for high school pupils was omitted
but its place was very much more
than filled when young matrons
of the Seven Villages of the Island
staged a three-inning softball
game. The three innings consum-
ed about 90 minutes and the pro-
ceedings were watched with hi
larious interest, with some of the
husbands among the spectators
wondering ruefully if the wife
would be able to cook supper, or
heave herself out of bed the next
day.
Following is a list of events, by
grades, with the winners indicated:
Potato Race-Girls: /. Robinson,
Buxton; 2. Gray, Avon; 8. Good,
Buxton; 4. Munford, Buxton; 5.
Stowe, Hatteras; 6. Veal, Buxton;
z. Austin, Buxton; 8. X. Willis,
Buxton. Boys: l. Gray, Avon; 2.
Gray, Buxton; 8. Robinson, Bux-
ton; 4. F'arrow, Avon; 5. Robinson,
Buxton; 6. Good, Buxton; z. Scar
borough, Buxton; s. Finnegan,
Buxton.
Running Broad Jump = Girls:
l. Tolson, Buxton; 2. MacBee, Bux-
ton; 8. Good, Buxton; 4. FOLSOM,
Buxton; 5. Gray, Avon; 6. Veal,
Buxton; 2. Gray, Avon; 8. Willis,
Hatteras. Boys: 1. Fulcher, Bux-
ton; 2. Basnett, Buxton; 8. Merrill,
Hatteras; 4. Farrow, Avon; 5. VIII
Hams, Avon; 6. Willis, Buxton; z.
Scarborough, Avon; 8. Williams,
Avon.
Bag Race: Girls: l. FOLSOM, Bux-
ton; 2. Gray Buxton; 8. Good,
Buxton; 4. Gray, Avon; 5. Stowe,
Hatteras; 6. Burrus, Hatteras; z.
Gray, Avon; 8. Gray, Avon. Boys:
1. Mccarthy, Hatteras; 2. Jennette,
Buxton; 8. Beamon, Avon.
Running Broad Jump: Girls:
l. Tolson, Buxton; 2. MacBee, Bux-
ton; 8. Good, Buxton; 4. Tolson,
Buxton; 5. Gray, Avon; 6. Veal,
Buxton; z. Gray, Avon; 8. Willis,
Hatteras. Boys: l. Fulcher, Bux-
ton; 2. Basnett, Buxton; 8. Mer-
rill, Hatteras; d. Farrow, Avon;
5. Williams, Avon; 6. Willis, Bux-
ton; 2. Scarborough, Avon; 8. Will
liams, Avon.
Bag Race: Girls: l. Tolson, Bux-
ton; 2. Gray, Buxton; 8. Good, Bux-
ton; 4. Gray, Avon; 5. Stowe, Hat
teras; 6. Burrus, Hatteras; z. Gray,
Avon; s. Gray, Avon. Boys: 1. Nc
earthly, Hatteras; 2. Jennette, Bux-
ton; 8. Beamon, Avon; 4. Farrow,
Avon; 5. Gray, Avon; 6. Gray,
Hatteras; z. Scarborough, Avon;
8. Gray, Avon.
Baseball Throw: Girls; /. Toll
son. Buxton; 2. MacBee, Buxton;
g. Good, Buxton: 4, Peele. Halter