The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-09-19
COLUMBIA PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Spruill of
Plymouth were here Friday.
Little Miss Lynn McClees,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
McClees recently underwent eye
surgery at Washington, N. c. She
is reported to be recovering nicely.
Mrs. Randolph I. Acey and
daughter Susanna of Norfolk Wis
tied Mrs. Hattie M. Newberry last
week end.
Mrs. George NJ. Kelley Jr. and
son Trip spent the week end with
her mother, Mrs. w. A. VERIFY,
who accompanied them home.
Abner Harrell fell Saturday and
.sprained his ankle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray McClees and
children, Denise and Dennis, of
Ahoskie spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Nc
Clees.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert H. Liver
man left this week for Ahoskie,
where he is employed with the
Welfare Department.
Mrs. Sarah Pritchitt, who is en-
ployed as Matron Officer of Wom-
ans Industrial Prison at Gooch-
land, Va, is spending this week
home with her brother, J. Albert
Bateman.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Bob White of Nor
folk, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Frank Alexander. Mr..
White was affiliated with the Nor
folk Southern R. R. and before the
line was removed spent much time
| here.
The schedule of Home Demon
stration Club meetings in Tyrrell
| County for next week, as an
nounced by Mrs. Ann E. Daven-
port, Home Agent. Sept. 23rd, the
Gum Neck Club will meet with
Mrs. G. L. Liverman; Sept. oath
the Lower Sound Side Club with
Mrs. Richard Swain; Sept. 25th,
Cabin Swamp with Mrs. Sadie v.
Barnes; Sept. Goth, the Alligator
Club with Mrs. D. NJ. Pledger ST.;
Tuesday, Sept. 3Oth the Frying
Plan club with Mrs. o. B. Sim
mons. All clubs will meet at 2:30
pm.
Bill Pollard, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
S. F. Pollard left Tuesday to at
tend Edwards Military School at
Salemburg this year.
Bud Cohoon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Chas. Cohoon left Tuesday
for Oak Ridge Military Academy.
He was accompanied there by his
parents.
Michael Griffin left Tuesday to
attend CASTOR Technical Institute,
at Gastonia, where he enrolled in
a Mechanical Production Course.
His mother, Mrs. w. A. Basnight
accompanied him there.
Mrs. D. NJ. Bridgeman attended
the funeral of Mrs. Lydia Miller
at Middleton, Hyde County, We'd
nesday.
Henry C. Davenport, who has
been patient at Chowan Hos
pital in Edenton, has been released.
Miss Frances Gish of the North
Carolina Library Commission visit
ed the Tyrrell County Public Lii
brary Tuesday to tender sugges-
tions as to how to better adapt
the newly-purchased library build
ing to easier and more adequate
library service.
Robert B. Jordan, who formerly
lived here, and who married Miss
Irene Pritchitt, had his right hand
badly torn while testing sawmill
machinery at Mt. Gilead, where he
lives.
The Columbia Rotary Club ex-
poets to entertain Hobart T.
Steele, of Burlington, District Gov
ernor Tuesday next week. The
clubs ladies night is scheduled. for
October.
Three long-term negro convicts
who escaped near Creswell were
caught in about ten hours. Sheriff
Morris and Chief Poston of Column
bia assisted in the capture.
A demonstration on "Landscap-
ing the home surroundings" was
given by Mrs. Ann E. Davenport,
Home Agent, assisted by Mrs. FL
sic Edwards in the home of Mrs.
T. w. Armstrong Wednesday.
All women in the county will be
canvassed for added interest and
membership, through the advoca-
ton of Miss Ruth Current, State
Home Agent, and Mrs. Cox, Dis
trict Home Agent. Food and Nu-
triton meeting is to be held Oct
3rd. Recognizing Gods Power
in Our Lives" as the thought;
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