The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-03-06
BOYETTE TELLS
HIGH SCHOOL OF
WESTERN TRIP
By ALICE X. RONDTHALER


Ocracoke.-C. F. Boyette, man.
ager of Wahab Village Hotel, and
Mrs. Boyette were invited recent
ly to give a talk about their trip
to Alameda, California, where
they visited their son, c. F. Boy
cite, Jr., and his wife. c. F., Jr. is
in the Navy, stationed at San
Francisco while awaiting orders to
go out. Mr.. Boyette used a United
States railroad map to outline
their journey as he talked; Mrs.
Boyette showed attractive picture
postcards of the places they visit
ed. Mr.. Boyette taught school here
at Ocracoke and at other places in
North Carolina before taking over
the hotel business, and his lecture
indicated that he had not lost that
! good old school-teacher way of in
teresting a group of listeners.
Starting at Ocracoke on the At
lantic Ocean cost he took his aud
fence with him to San Francisco on
the Pacific Coast.
By bus to Raleigh, thence by
train to Washington, d. c., where
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyette arrived just
in time to see the huge hole made
in the Washington Terminal when
the Federal express train failed to
stop and crashed through the sta
ton; thence by train to Harris
burg, Pa, Lima, Ohio, to Chicago,
and from there to Denver. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyette liked Den
yer very much. 1t is sometimes
called the "Second Washington"
because it has so many govern
ment buildings. Between Denver
and Salt Lake City the train ran
through Royal Gorge and crossed
the Continental Divide at Tennes-
see Gap. In spite of the fact that
the Boyettes risk their lives from
time to time in Ocracoke hurri-
canes, they claim to have felt con-
siderable fear in going through
the Gorge which is several thous-
and feet deep with the train run
ming along the edge about half way
down, above the river 200 feet be-
low, and under the highway sever
al hundred feet above.
They were particularly impress
ed with Salt Lake City, where a
guide took the mthrough several of
| the Mormon buildings-the Tenn
pie, and the Tabernacle where they
heard one of the famous organ re-
citals. They were also impressed
with the wonderful capitol building
of Utah and the peculiarly match
ed Georgian marble walls of it
and also of the hotel where they
stayed. Mrs. Boyette told the story
of how some of this marble was
shipped in crushed condition to
France so that a rug could be WOW
en- to match it. She also mention
ed the beautiful tapestry which
hung in the Governors Room.
This was woven by hand by a
group of Japanese who were in
termed in Utah during World War
II to show appreciation for the
good treatment accorded them.
From Salt Lake City to San Fran
cisco there were thirty or more
tunnels. While in San Francisco
they visited Twin Hills and the
top of Knob Hill, where there are
wonderful night views of the city;
they visited Cliff House, the Fish
erman's Grotto, and the Fisher
mans Wharf. Mr.. Boyette told of
the large crabs that were sold on
the streets there, but declared that
neither the crabs nor fish could
compare with Ocracoke seafood.
The vegetables, however, were
better than those here.
Stude en- IS asked particularly
about Alcatraz. Mr.. Boyette stat
ed it could be seen out in San
Francisco Bay and he told of the
Bay Bridge which has 12-lane
highway and the Golden Gate
Bridge, and of Treasure Island,
the us. Coast Guard Base where
several relatives of Ocracokers
have been stationed
In Los Angeles the Boyettes WIS.,
tied Mrs. Erin O'Brien Moore, a
movie star, who spent several sum-
mers here at Wahab Village Hotel,
some years past. They enjoyed
with her visit to Hollywood and
to the new NBC televsion building
in Los Angeles.
On their way back home via the
Southern route, Mr.. and Mrs. Boy
cite visited Mr.. and Mrs. T. w,
Howard of Ocracoke who are
spending the winter in Tucson,
Arizona, with their daughter, Mrs
Tom Nelson, and her family. The
Towards were pleased to get all