The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-05-01
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS

Ocracoke - Miss Kathleen
Bragg, R.N., will hold a special
pre-school clinic at the school on
Thursday afternoon, May z, to
8 p. m. Mothers of next years
first graders are requested to
bring the children to the clinic,
| or to send them after lunch
| with older brothers and sisters.
Miss Bragg, Ocracoke School
Nurse, is reserving the after
noon hours,'1 to 3 p. m, of her
Wednesday time at the school
for giving blood tests to food
handlers in restaurants, hotels,
stores, soda shops, in compliance
| with the N. c. public health
laws.
On Monday night, May 4th,
members of the local Electric
Membership Corporation are ur-
ged to attend the annual meet
ing at the theater in order to
elect 1953-54 members of the
Board. After the annual meeting,
a special movie will be shown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lonnie Burrus
announce the birth of a son,
Lonnie Ray Burrus, on Thurs
day, April 23rd, at the More
head City Hospital. Mrs. Burrus
and the baby will be home
sometime this week.
Harold Wahab, student at
Ocracoke School, was taken to
the Marine Hospital at Norfolk
for an emergency appendicitis
operation this past weekend. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey Wahab.
Several fifth and sixth grade
children suffered injuries a
week ago last Sunday when
they fell from a truck on a
highway curve here. Carleton
Boyce O'Neal was seriously in
jured and taken to the Abe
marie Hospital at Elizabeth City.
For some time he was uncon-
scious but his condition i'm
proved enough for his father,
Harry O'Neal, to bring him
home last Monday. Joe Ben
Garrish, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Monford Garrish, was taken to
Elizabeth City for x-ray exam
nation, but returned to school
last week Thursday.
Mrs. T. w. Howard has re-
turned from Tucson, Arizona,
where she spent the winter
with her daughter, Mrs. Tom
Nelson and family. Mrs. Howard
/ plans to open her home again
this summer for tourist guests.
Mrs. Zion Foster, recent bride,
was honored with miscellan-
eous gift shower on April 9th
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Thomas O'Nea1.
The recent visit and preaching
of Rev. Shingler of Greenwood,
South Carolina, at the local
Methodist Church, proved in
spring to all who attended the
services last week.
Mrs. Annie Garrish was taken
ill last weekend and carried to
the Marine Hospital at Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Howard
had to take their infant daugh-
ter, Camilla Kay, to Morehead
City hospital for treatment for
pneumonia.
Ocracoke was honored with
guests from far-away Texas re-
Gently, one of them the sister of
Miss Martha Page. They were
Mrs. r. H. Lee and Mrs. John
Patterson of Athens, Texas, Mrs.
Jean Day of Port Lavaca, Mrs.
Henry Owsley and Mrs. H. T.
McKissack of Lubbock, Texas.
This was their first visit to
Ocraocke and they enjoyed it
very much.
Mrs. Maude Fulcher has been
visiting relatives in Charleston,
S. C.
Robert M. Keeney of Farm
ington, Connecticut, brother of
Mrs. Rondthaler. will visit next
week in the Rondthaler home.
Mrs. Nina Williams spent a
week at Beaufort recently with
Mrs. Bessie Whitehurst who is
recovering from a serious op-
Grafton. :,
The many Ocracoke friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Bell of
Beaufort were grieved to learn
of the death of their daughter,
Elizabeth, age 10.