The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-21
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS

JOY Unelf annudI pOI-Iuck supper.
Baked ham will be the meat dish;
each member is asked to bring a
covered vegetable dish, or a salad,
or dessert. The business meeting
will be held after the supper. The
movie "Tar Heel State" will be
shown.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shellenberger
of Little Falls, N. j. made their
first trip to Ocracoke early this
week, staying at Silverlake Inn.
They drove down the Outer Banks
via Hatteras but are planning to
continue their trip to South Caro-
lima on Wednesday morning by
way of the Ocracoke freight boat,
"Bessie Virginia." to Washington,
N. C.
DR.. and Mrs. John PARROT and
family of Kenansville, N. C. spent
the week end at Wahab Village
Hotel. They have been here sew
eral times before and were inter-
sted in seeing the changes in the
village.
Mrs. R. S. Wahab recently re-
ceived word that DR.. Benjamin NJ.
Harding, who lived here for about
two years, is hospitalized at West
minister Gardens, Duarte, Califor-
MIA, and is seriously i'll.
Mrs. Thurston Fuller Gaskill,
suffering from an attack of in
fluenza, was flown to Morehead
City Hospital last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Balance of
Portsmouth, Va. and children spent
last week end with her sister, Mrs.
Benjamin E. Spencer and Mr..
Spencer.
Bill Gaskill, USCG, was home
from Staten Island, this past week
end. Mr.. and Mrs. Thurston Gaskill
had also with them Mr.. and Mrs.
Myron Garrish and daughter,
Susan, of Norfolk.
Bill Midget, USCG, returned
Sunday from a visit with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jethro Midget,
in Baltimore. Mrs. Midget and
the children are staying on in Bal
timore for a longer visit with the
elder Midgetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Willis and
son left Sunday for a few days
visit with relatives in Norfolk and
Portsmouth.
A. S. Wikstrom of Skeneateles,
N. Y. flew in his own plane to
Ocracoke last week Friday to see
the progress made on his beautiful
summer home here. He left on
Sunday.
Albert Styron, Jr. made bust
ness trip to Washington Sunday,
returning on Monday. Bill Gaskill
went with him as far as Manteo
en- route to his base on Staten Is
land.
Rev. Avis NJ. Daniel, pastor of
the Wildwood Presbyterian Church
of Carteret County, is preaching
each night this week at Ocracoke
Methodist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rond-
thaler rambled up to Elizabeth
City on business last Friday after
noon and were guests that night
of Capt. and Mrs. Henry Peele and
their daughter, Henrietta, who
asked to be particularly remember
ed to their many friends here at
Ocracoke, where Capt. Peele was
stationed as commanding officer of
the local Coast Guard Station for
several years. En- route back on
Saturday afternoon and Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Rondthaler stopped
for short visit in Kill Devil Hills
with author, David Stick, and were
pleased to learn that his new book:
"The Outer Banks of North Caro-
lima" is now being published and
will be ready for distribution in
early November. They also enjoyed
a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Julian
Oneto at The Carolinian in Mays
Head, and with the inimitable Vic
tor Meekins of Manteo, editor of
this illustrious newspaper. At Ro-
danthe they had a brief Sunday
morning visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Verde Watson.
Several Ocracoke boys, having
reached the age of legal automobile
driving, went up to Avon today to
take their drivers examinations.
David Esham, Lindsey, Howard,
and Rudy Austin made the trip
with Junius Austin.
Mrs. Rondthaler has recently re-
ceived word from Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward c. Cumming, who occupied
the Charles Runyon summer home
here two years ago, that they are
the proud parents of daughter,
Julie Emelyn Cummings, born Feb
ruary IA. Professor Cumming is
teaching French at Winthrop Col
lege in South Carolina.
Miss Jean Woodley, Hyde Coun-
ty Home Agent, is spending this
week at Ocracoke School, holding
a sewing workshop. All of the girls
from the seventh grade through
the high school will have an on