The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-09-10
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS


turning to mainland home and
schools after a good summers
visit with parents, grandparents,
cunts or uncles. Nobody ever
wants to leave Ocracoke; only
the necessity of living elsewhere
makes them reluctantly take
their departure. Mr.. and Mrs.
David Styron and daughter,
Belinda, returned to their home
in Wilmington, Delaware; Mrs.
Janice Taylor and son, Billy, re-
turned to Norfolk; Larry Will
liams returned to Wilmington, N.
c. to begin his second year of
teaching there; Miss Fannie
Pearl Fulcher returned to her
teaching position in Raleigh;
Mrs. Leslie Howard and children
returned home to Columbia, S.
c.; Mrs. Eleanor Hamilton and
children to Richmond; Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodrow Price and chill
dren to Raleigh; Miss Sus an
Barksdale to her teaching posi-
ton at Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina, at
Greensboro; Miss Mary Byrum
to her work in Raleigh. Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Roberts and son, Tom
my, have returned to Washing
ton, D. c.
Danny Garrish, member of
last years graduating class, has
enrolled at East Carolina Col
lege. Walter c. OeNeal, Jr.,
member of the Glass of 1851,
recently out of the Marine Corp,
will leave this week to study at
the University of Nebraska.
Ocracoke School opened on
Thursday, September End, with
all teachers and pupils present.
The Rondthalers spent the sum-
mer months as counselors at a
boys and girls camp in New
Mexico. Miss Nora Edmundson
and Miss Marie Hodges both en-
joyed summer work at Appala-
chan State Teachers College at
Boone.
Rev. Robert L. Vickery, pastor
of the Methodist Church, preach
ed on August 10th at the Ports
mouth Methodist Church, and
Charlie Jones of Norfolk preach
ed at the morning service here.
Jones is student at the Fuller
School in California. Rev. Hiram
King, Superintendent of the New
Bern District, was prevented
from visiting Ocracoke by Hurri-
cane Carol, but according to an
nouncement will hold the last
quarterly conference on Thurs
day, September 9th.
Hurricane Carol caused consi-
derable anxiety at Ocracoke, but
little real damage. High tide in
vaded several island homes and
kept housewives busy on clean
up. One boat sunk in Silver Lake
Harbor, two others were blown
ashore A good deal of debris
moved from one location to an
other. Thirty-two fence posts,
piled at the schoolhouse, went in
thirty-tWo different directions
but were finally wholly account
ed for and are now in place as
the school yard fence. One pair
of false teeth was lost, and found.
One truck wheel and tire is hid
ing somewhere in the bushes.
Some homes suffered the loss of
shingles and consequently got
6renched from above. Several
chickens refused to stay on the
rooSt and were drowned, on the
other hand the ducks were de-
lighted to find new swimming
pools to explore. So all in all. it
might have been a lot worse and
it certainly didn't measure up to
the storm of '44". Greatest
damage was to transportation
between Ocracoke and Hatteras,
since the storm cut a new inlet
through the northern end of the
island.
Methodist Church organiza-
tions, after summer vacation,
are resuming their monthly
meetings. The Woman's Society
of Christian Service met on Mon
day afternoon at the Church; the
Sophie Williams Circle met
Tuesday night at the home of
Mrs. Thurston Gaskill,. with Mrs.
Taft Howard as associate hostess;
the Susanna Class meets Friday
night with Mrs. Maude Fulcher;
the Martha Wahab circle will
meet Tuesday night, September
14th, place to be announced.
Final summer dance was held
at the School Recreation Hall
last Saturday night. Larry Will
liams, in charge of the summer
dances reported good attendance
and enthusiasm. In addition to
the Saturday night public dance,
Larry organized special enter
tainment for the younger boys