The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-23
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS

Ocracoke, Aug. 19.-The Ocra-
coke Boy Scout Troop 29O and the
Cub Scout Troop 290 were award
ed their annual charters at spec
ial service Sunday morning at the
Methodist Church. Officials from
the newly organized Scout District,
Beau-Hyde-Wa-Ma-Ty, beaufort,
Hyde, Washington, Martin, and
Tyrreil counties) were present to
award the charters and to give To-
cal scout leaders and committee
members their cards. Roland Mod
lin, Organizer and Extension Serv-
ice leader, Wheland Sermons,
Neighborhood Commissioners, and
others had a part in the Service.
Scoutmaster Marvin w. Howard
and assistant, Benjamin E. Spen-
GER, and Cub Master, Murray Spen-
Ger and assistant, Benjamin L.
O'Neal, were present, along with
several of the Troop Committee
men, scouts and cubs. About eight
Boy Scouts from the District ac-
companied the officials to the is
land, arriving on Friday from
Washington, N. c., and returning
there on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Lane and Mr..
and Mrs. William Kemp and daugh-
ter, Terry Lynn, of Norfolk, visit
ed Mrs. Laura Bragg last Friday.
Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Kemp are her
granddaughters.
Mrs. Lillian Simpson and her
daughter, Mrs. Alex Eley and son,
Billy, of Norfolk, are spending two
weeks at Mrs. Simpsons cottage.
Mrs. Benjamin L. O'Neal and
son, Douglas, are visiting Mrs.
O'Nears sister, Mrs. Edward Prom
obs and family, in Richmond.
j. N. Edwards, who visited his
daughter, Mrs. R. S. Wahab re-
Gently, returned home to Belhaven
last week. Mrs. Wahab reports that
it was difficult and trying trip
through the forest fire area since
they had to go at least sixty-nine
extra miles to reach their destina-
ton.
DR.. Benjamin Harding has a
number of guests this week. Mr..
and Mrs. V. P. Schulman and chill
dren of Cedar Falls, Iowa; and
DR.. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnston
and children of Minneapolis, Mimi
esota, are visiting him.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. l.. Thomason
and Paul and Marty Thomson of
Richmond, Virginia, are occupying |
one of the Wahab cottages.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McDiarmid
and family, of Vienna, Virginia,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Fiore of
Manassas, Va, are back at Sound
Front Inn for their annual summer
visit. With them there and at one
of the Kelly cottages are friends
from Washington, D. c., who are
visiting Ocracoke for the first
time.
Blount O'Neal and George Terry
of Washington, N. c., with group
of friends visited Ocracoke last
week end.
Wilbur Robinson of Baltimore
spent the week end with Mrs. Rob-
inson and the children.
Edward Simpson of Ocean View,
Delaware, visited his mother, Mrs.
Murray Tolson, this week.
Mrs. Fletcher Hoggard aand chill
dren are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Fletcher Hoggard, Sr., at Virginia
Beach, while Fletcher, Jr., is on
leave there from U. S. Coast
Guard duty.
Miss Minerva O'Neal of Halter
as has been visiting Mrs. Eleanor
Burrus.
Carlson O'Neal, Horace Gaskins,
Ronald O'Neal, and David Styron
were in over the week end to visit
their families here.
Mrs. Claude Dudley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Claude Dudley, Jr. and FAM
lily, all of Washington, N. c.. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Darrell Dudley from
Connecticut, were all guests re-
Gently Of Hiatus O'Neal.