The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-04-04

work in Connecticut and has re-
turned to the Elizabeth City Coast
Guard Base. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilder
came back to Ocracoke Sunday.
Albert Styron, Jr., Monford Gar
IRISH, and Jack C. Willis made spe-
cial trips to Washington, N. c.,
Norfolk, and Manteo for needed
groceries and meats for their
stores, since due to the flu cpl
demic here the Ocracoke- Washing
ton freight boat, Bessie Virginia"
did not make it's weekly trip.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Parsons
was flown by helicopter last week
to Morehead City hospital because
of pneumonia and a heart condi-
ton. At last report her condition
was improving.
Kenneth Tillett, who is on leave
from U. S. Marine Corps visiting
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Williams, drove to Manteo
on Sunday to visit his other grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pennell Til
lett. Miss Ellen Marie Fulcher ac-
companied him on the trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Forbes, who
went North to visit relatives be-
fore the cold weather spell set in,
vowed they wouldn't return to Oc-
racoke until the weather warmed
up, but last week found them here
at home in the midst of not only
more cold and rainy weather, but
a flu epidemic. From all accounts,
however, they had a wonderful
visit with their daughters family
in Port jefferson, N. Y, another
daughters family in Wilmington,
Del, and with relatives in Raleigh
and Rocky Mount. At Rocky
Mount, Mrs. Lena Bragg, who had
been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
E. C. Drake, Joined them and is
now back home at Ocracoke.
Mrs. William Midget and chill
dren have returned home from a
visit in Baltimore with Mr.. Mid
gett's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jethro
Midget.
Mrs. Annie Garrish is back home
from the U. S. Public Health Hos
pital in Norfolk. Mrs. Leslie Gar
IRISH has moved to Portsmouth, Va,
where her husband is stationed in
the Coast Guard.
Mrs. Annie Lee Garrish, who
lives with her daughter, Mrs. How
ard O'Neal, suffered a slight heart
attack last week and was prescrib-
ed for by DR.. Glezen, who had
been sent to Ocracoke by the N. C.
State Board of Health during the
recent flu epidemic. Friends will be
glad to learn that she is recuperat-
ing nicely.
Miss Mildred Bryant has been
visiting her brother, John Thomas,
in Elkin. Her mother, Mrs. Leonard
Bryant, is now living there. Miss
Bryant also visited relatives in
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin w. Howard
have received word that their son,
DIN Howard, of Parma, is i'll in
the hospital.
R. S. Wahab returned Saturday
from business trip to New York.
Mrs. Wahab, who visited her IA
ther, j. N. Edwards, in Belhaven
during her husbands absence, also
returned home.
Bad weather brought into Ocra-
coke harbor seven or eight big off
shore trawlers fishing out of
Hampton, Va. The harbor here is
the only one between Cape Henry
and Cape Lookout which these
large vessels can get into, and they
have made this their haven and
unloaded fish here several times of
late.
Bill GaskiIl, USCG, came in from
Staten Island for brief visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurston Gaskill on
Saturday. Mr.. and Mrs. Gaskill Wis
tied her mother, Mrs. Cora Casey,
in Buxton Sunday.
Lonnie Burrus, USCG, now sta
ton in Norfolk, was home with his
wife and children this past week. {
Judge and Mrs. Frederick Collie,
of New Jersey, relatives of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Runyon, arrived
Sunday to spend several days at
Sound Front Inn.
Members of Ocracoke Methodist
Church held there fourth quarterly
conference last Saturday night,
with Rev. A. J.. Hobbs, district
superintendent presiding. DR..
Hobbs preached at. the Sunday
morning service on ".Some Secrets
Of Great Living" After the morn
ing service, a fellowship dinner
was enjoyed in the church recrea-
zion hall. DR.. Hobbs had flown in
| from Beaufort on Saturday, and
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