The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-06-07
FIRST SERIOUS AUTO
WRECK REPORTED ON
OCRACOKE LAST WEEK


on Thursday night, May S0th, when
a car driven by Willard Williams,
home for the week end from Viii
nington, Delaware, skidded and
crashed into a parked car owned
by Monfoard Garrish of Ocracoke.
Mr.. Williams and his companion,
Ray T. Waller, suffered head lac
erations and were taken on Fri
day morning to the Elizabeth City
Hospital. Mr.. Waller returned
home on Saturday; Mr.. Williams,
who also fractured his ankle, re-
NAMED several days. On Saturday
morning, the accident was inves-
tigated by the State Highway Pa
troll.
Mrs. Stanley Mann, with two
other adult chaperones, arrived at
Ocracoke on Thursdays mailboat
from Atlantic, with a group of q
seniors from the Newport High
School, here for class trip. On
Thursday night they were enter
tanned by the Ocracoke High School
students at a square dance. Some
of them remained only for the
week end, others stayed longer.
They occupied the Williams cot
tage. Mrs. Mann found many
friends here, since she is the
daughter of the late Rev. r. A.
Bruton, pastor at the Ocracoke
Methodist Church in 1926.
The Ocracoke Cub Scouts enjoy
ed a Second Anniversary Party on
Friday night. One important fea-
ture was the beautiful big birthday
cake, decorated with Cub Scout
colors, blue and yellow, and the ice
cream. Murray Spencer is Cubmas-
ter; Benjamin L. O'Neal is assis-
tant. Cub Scouts are Perry Wahab,
Douglas O'Neal, Laurie Fulcher,
Joe Gaskill, Gerald Midget, Kerry
Robinson, Lee Garrish, Ray Sty-
ron, Anthony Mutro, and William
N. Spencer.
Ocracoke's population increased
by two recently. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thurston Fuller Gaskill have a
daughter, Rena Dell, born on May
goth, and Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Toll
son, a son, Howard Sylvester, born
on May 28th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Preston
have had as their guests his ia
ther, Walter F. Preston and chill
dren, Butch and Ella Louise, of
Fairmont, w. Virginia.
Miss Frances Rawley left Sun
day for Winston Salem; Miss Ma
RE Hodges left for her home in
Hodges, S. C. Both are planning to
teach at Ocracoke again next year.
Lorraine Howard, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Taft Howard, was
awarded a perfect attendance GER
tifcate at the graduation exercises
on Sunday night.
Miss Fannie Pearl Fulcher arriv-
ed on Sunday with friends, Prof.
and Mrs. N. H. Clayton, to visit
Miss Maude Fulcher. On June 18th,
Miss Fulcher is taking another
European trip, sailing for Sweden
and other Scandinavian countries
and later visiting in England.
Mrs. Ansley O'Neal and daugh-
ter, Aida Vann, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. David Styron at Will
mington, Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A.. Mast of
Sugar Grove are spending the
week at the Rondthaler cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Danny w. Garrish
and Calvin O'Neal spent the week
end in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lane Barksdale
returned to New York City on
Sunday. Miss Susan Barksdale
plans to arrive on Thursday or Fri
day to spend the summer here.
Miss Mary Byrum of Raleigh
occupied her cottage here for sew
eraI days this week.
Garrett Folger and group of
friends from Greenville arrived on
fast Fridays freight boat from
Washington for week at the Fol-
ger cottage.
E. Carleton Kelly had as week
end guests Mr.. and Mrs. William
NJ. Horn of Newport News, Va.
Mrs. Eleanor Burrus has been
visiting her relatives in Hatteras.
Her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Beasley
and Ellie. and a friend. Mrs. Wood
of Portsmouth, Va, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Wilder this past week
end.
Mrs. Lillian Simpson and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alec Eley, of Norfolk are
expected here the end of this week;
Mr.. Eley spent the past week end
at the cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones M. Williams
of Staten Island, N. Y, visited his
,nnfhnr Mrs Brittle Williams thiS