The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-02-01
OCRAcOKE PERSONALS

OcfacOke, Jan. ES.-heV. w. II.
Hale, pastor of the Ocracoke Meth
odist Church, announced yesterday
that there would be a week of re-
vival services at the church begin
ming Monday, February 18th. Rev.
Alton S. Lancaster of Pine Forest
Methodist Church, Goldsboro, will
be the visiting preacher.
The Circle of the Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service will hold
it's February meeting next Tuesday
night, 1880 pm, at the church rec
reation hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Tolson and
Miss Grace Keeney are back from
several days in Beaufort and More
head City.
Here this past week end from
their work in northern cities, to
visit their families, were Clinton
Gaskill, Johnny Midget and friend
Richard Dayton, Carlson O'Neal,
George O'Neal, Zinie Williams,
Charlie Morris O'Neal, and Horace
Gaskins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Balance
have returned from a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Garrish in
Wilmington, N. C. Miss Lorena
Balance returned with them for a
short visit.
Charlie Williams spent several
days in Washington, N. c. last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter O'Neal left
last week for Charleston, S. c.,
where their son, Ansley O'Neal,
has been hospitalied at Old Roper
Hospital. Mrs. O'Neal is already
in Charleston and their daughter,
Aida Vann O'Neal, accompanied
her grandparents to Charleston.
Joe Cresanti and his brother, of
Manesquam, N. j., stopped off at
Ocracoke en- route to Florida. They
plan to also stop in Charleston, S.
C. to see Ansley O'Neal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Eley of Nor
folk spent the week end at Ocra-
coke.
Thurston F. Gaskill has come
! home for a visit with his family.
A very successful two-day reup-
holstery workshop was held last
week Thursday and Friday in the
school library, with Mrs. Callie
Hardwicke, specialist from the
State College Extension Service,
and Miss Jean Woodley, Hyde
County Home Agent, giving in
struction to about fifteen or twenty
interested persons. A total of about
a dozen chairs were reupholstered
under their direction. George
O'Neal, farm agent of Hyde Coun-
ty, was also here on Thursday and
Friday.
Dense fog today, Monday, pre-
vented the Observation-Disclosures mail
boat from making its daily trip.
The same dense fog caused pilot
Jesse Taylor, en- route from Hat
teras to Beaufort, to land at Ocra-
coke and spend the night here.
With the week of revival serv.
ices at the Methodist Church be-
ginning Monday, February 18th
Benjamin E. Spencer, president OF
the local Civic Club, has announc-
ed that the club will hold its meet
ing this next Monday, February
4th, instead of at its regular SEIZED.
uled time.
Mrs. Dallas X. Williams spent
several days in Washington last
week.
A group of Norfolk and Virginia
Beach men spent the week end al
Wahab Village Hotel. They includ-
ed Eugene Lovenby, r. A. Roach
M. H. Morris, E. M. Shepherd, Tee
Forehand, Philip, Russell anc
George Baennes, Mack and San
Goldblatt. y
Sheriff Charlie Cahoon and Hyde
County School Superintendent
Tonfmie Gaylord, arrived here or
Sunday for two days. The former
was here for the purpose of listing
and collecting taxes. the latter fol
the purpose Of visiting Ocracoke
School.