The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-08-26

His mother died when he was Is,
so he set out on his own. He will
have concluded so years Of sea-
going Wednesday, August 31st,
and he expects to see more of his
few living boyhood friends around
Manteo and vicinity.
"Clint" Ward is the son of the
late Henry B. and Sarah E. Ward
of Manteo. His mother died August
20, 1904. Clint had become Is years
old on May 29th, so when summer
had ended for the orphan boy, he
got job on the Str. Hattie Greet
which for so many years piled be-
tween Manteo and Elizabeth City,
Capt. Martin johnson, Master. On
this boat he was cook, second mate,
and cargo checker. From October
1904 to July 1905, he worked on
the Hattie Greet, and thus began
a seafaring career of so years,
which took him in many distant
corners of the world.
After leaving the Hattie Greet
in July, 1905, he went to work
next day as cook on the river
steamer Sarah Louise. But he
wanted to go to sea, so he did a
six months stint as messman on
the seagoing tug Boswell. Then he
got to be second cook on the pas
senger Steamer Nantucket, when
he was really going places. When
he was 10 years old, he got to be
steward for year on the sea-
going tug Minnie, and after that
worked as steward on the tug
Salutation. That job ended in three
months when he was removed from
the ship with rheumatic fever, and
he was laid up for over six months.
He then got a wintertime job as
steward on the yacht Lowther, and
in January 1909, he enlisted in the
Navy as a ships cook, third class.
Nowadays a young fellow start
ing out to go to work, asks the
employer what he has to offer, but
young Ward couldn't be so choosy.
He stuck to his cooking job in the
Navy four years, and came out as
first class cook at the end of en-
listment in January 1918. He had
served on the battleships Iowa and
Michigan, and in 1911 was on the
destroyer Mccall, which was the
third oil-burning vessel in the U.
S. Navy.
Never idle very long, in ten days
Mr.. Ward had gone to sea again,
as steward on the seagoing yacht
Polly. After the Christmas holt
days, which usually called the boys
home for a visit, he went as
steward for more than a year on
the collier William Chisholm.
Again on a yacht, as steward for
six summer months, the ocean go
ing Shawnee, then back to the sea-
going tugs, the Covington this
time.
In March 1916 he went with the
Texas Company, serving as stew
ard on the SIS Brabant, doing 18
trips overseas, and on the IS
Dirigo. After three and half
years with the company, he was
appointed Port Steward for some
four years. In 1925 he went into
business, but the call of the sea
was strong, and after, little over
a year, he took the job of Manager
in charge of commissary and
maintenance with Lago and Vene-
zuelan Oil Co. at Maracaibo, Ven.
After coming back to the United
States, Mr.. Ward went with the
Gulf Oil Co. in New York as Port
Steward in charge Of purchases. In
New York the Wards have made
their home for several years at
225-07 18TH Avenue at Laurelton,
Long Island. They were married in
1919, and reared three children.
Their oldest SON Clinton, Jr., at "a,
was lost in 1947. He was chief
officer on the SIS Winthrop Mar
vim, and he is buried in India.
Their daughter Priscilla is mar
ried to DIR. T. A. Vince and has
three boys. Dan, The youngest son
is also married and in the insur-
ance business.
In October the Wards expect to
pay an extended visit to Dare
County and see old friends. During
so years, the greater number of
those he knew when boy have
gone on. He has not forgotten
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