The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-11-27

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here were saddened to learn of
the death recently of David Smith,
age 67, of Wilmington, Del. Mr..
Smith had been coming to Ocra-
coke for many years for sport
fishing and had made many friends
here. He was native of Latvia
who came to America as a young
man. He had been resident of
Wilmington for 43 years, and was
Pre- sid ent of the Wilmington
Plumbing Supply Company.
On Tuesday, Dec. LIST, members
of the Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Methodist
Church will hold their December
meeting, with Circles / and 2, en-
joying a Christmas turkey dinner
together.
Mrs. Taft Howard and son, Lind
sey, spent several days in Norfolk
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coward Brugh and
daughter visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. N. Overton in Norfolk
this week end. Mr.. Overton has
been hospitalized for major OPP
GRAFTON.
Several persons, associated with
the Park Service, visited Ocracoke
ant Superintendent, Lynwood
lat week: William Taylor, Assist
Mayo, Administrative Assistant,
Tyler Kiener, Engineer from the
Regional Office and Mr.. Gable, As
sistant to the Engineer at Cape
Hatteras Headquarters.
Mrs. Gillis Riddick and her son,
Mike, will be here on Thursday.
Her mother, Mrs. Maude Fulcher,
plans to return with them to
Greenville for a visit there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Austin of
Hatteras visited her parents dur
ing the Thanksgiving season, first
going to his home in Atlantic to
visit his mother, Mrs. Ailene
Clarke, then to Morehead City to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee A. Murdoch.
Mrs. Lena Bragg has returned
home after an extended visit with
her daughter, Mrs. Roy Council,
another daughter, Mrs. E. C.|
in Washington, D. c., and with
Drake, in Rocky Mount. En- route
home she also visited her brother,
Rev. Frank Fulcher, and Mrs.
Fulcher, in Richmond, Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Love of
Norwood, Pennsylvania, came back
last week for some more fall surf
casting at Ocracoke. They stayed
with Capt. and Mrs. Walter O'Neal.
Also there was Ben Nicholson of
Danville, Va.
James L. (Lum) Gaskill has re-
turned from New Orleans, Louisi-
anna, where he has been working
for several months on the men,
haden fleet there.
Kenneth Tillett is out of the U.
S. Marines and here with his
grand p arents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie McWilliams. He is at pres
ent assisting Mr.. McWilliams with
the Ocracoke- Hatteras mail and
freight route.
Mrs. r. S. Wahab spent several
days recently with her father, J.
N. Edwards, in Belhaven.
John O'Neal is visiting his sis
ter, Mrs. Elnora Balance, and
other relatives here.
Word has betn received by Mr..
and Mrs. Thurston Gaskill that
his son, William d. (Bill), now
stationed with the Coast Guard at
Sand Island, Honolulu, expects to
be transferred to a base in Japan
shortly after Christmas.
Charlie Amman, who retired from
the Merchant Marine several years
ago and came to Ocracoke to live,
learned with just pride recently
that his son, Commander John C.
Amman, has been assigned to COM
mand of Alameda's East Bay Naval
Reserve Training Center in Cali
fornia. Comd. Amman enlisted in
1881, served through all the en-
listed ranks ad in 1912 in World
War II service was commissioned
an Ensign. During the Korean con-
flict he was Ordnance Officer
Prior to his assignment to the
Reserve Training Center, he was
Inspector General or the Navy in
Washington, d. C. He and his wife
and daughter live at Walnut
Greek, Cal.
Ocracoke School recently re-
ceived a beautiful British Flag
from Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Stiles of
Montreal, Canada, summer visitors
who being English, We're particu-
Larry interested in the Cunning
ham Cemetery here, where four
British seamen from Inns "Bed-
fordshire" are buried.