The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-10-22
MANTEo PERSONALS

I are VlSltlng Mrs. ANITA lessen
and other relatives and friends.
Mrs lessen is planning to return
home with them on Friday for
her vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Midget, Jr.,
and Mrs. Caleb Brickhouse visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Thomas in
Bellmawr, N. j., and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Midget in Blue
Anchor, N. j., last week end. On
return trip they visited their
father, Ellis Midget, who is a
patient in the Public Health Hos
pital, Norfolk, Va. He is very
much improved.
Mrs. Jack Cory, the former
Rennie Nixon, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Rosser Nixon of Man
teo left her home in Norfolk last
week to join her husband Major
Cory, now stationed in Berlin,
Germany.
Mrs. Louria Midget has had as
her recent guests her brothers
and sisters-i n-law, Mr.. and Mrs,
Fabius D. Daley of Alexandria,
Va, and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard B.
Daley of Buxton; and her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edison Midget and their
two. children of Buxton,
Mrs. Julia Culbreth Gray has
returned to Manteo and Mays
Head after a months vacation,
during which she attended doll
exhibits and jewelry and gift
shows in Washington, N. c.
Mrs. John Lee and children,
Mary, Wilton and Johnnie, left
Sunday for the west coast, from
where they will sail to Honolulu
to join Mr.. Lee, who is stationed
there with the Coast Guard.
Among those attending the
circus in Norfolk last week end
were Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Wescott
and children, Dale and Roy, Jr.;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Swain and
children, Mary, Steve and Hilda;
Sidney Shaw, Misses Estelle
Meekins, Mary Blanche Meekins,
Ann Dowdy, Betsy Midget and
Mrs. D. V. Meekins.
Mrs. Sybil Gregory is a pa
tent in Leigh Memorial Hospi-
tai, Norfolk Va, having been
taken there by ambulance Sun
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Tillett and
baby daughter, Jacqueline, ar
rived in Manteo Tuesday night
from Cherry Point, where Mr..
Tillett has been stationed for the
last three years. He was muster
ed out of service Saturday and
will join his father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Tillett, in
operating their place of business,
the Andmar Appliance Co., in
Manteo.
Mrs. Fred Basnight is able to
be out after a severe illness
caused by the bite of black wi
dow spider. Mrs. Basnight was
rushed to the Albemarle Hospi-
tai, Elizabeth City, for treatment
Immediately after she was Bit
ten, and was a patient there for
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graydon Dough,
who have been living in Balti-
more, Md, arrived this week in
their large trailer to visit Mr..
Dough's sister, Mrs. w. G.
Etheridge, for several days. On
leaving Manteo they will go to
Florida, where they plan to
spend the winter at Fort Lauder
dale.
Among those attending the
e-Army football game in
Durham Saturday were Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. McCown, R. Bruce
Etheridge, Mccoy Tillett and
Adrian o. Ayers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Wes-
colt and son Stuart, spent last
week end in Salemburg, where
they visited Raymond Wescott,
Jr., at Edwards Military Insti-
tute. They were accompanied to
Durham by Mrs. ]. E. Patrick,
who remained there for a visit;
and to Raleigh by Mrs. John
Wescott, who visited Rev. and
Mrs. ]. H. Overton, Jr., for the
week end.
Mrs. Orlando Burrus is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. E. F. Sellars
in Jacksonville, Fla.