The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-07-31
FEEDING HUSBANDS ADDS
WORK TO III. ID. MEETING
By VIRGINIA HUDGINs

HATTERAS-There were just
simply too many husbands in evil
dence for our H. D. luncheon to be
the bowling success we anticipat-
ed! One had to be fed and gotten
off to work. Another, seemingly
reconciled to having to give up
part of his day off to take care
of the children who, once the
luncheon was underway, proceed
eed to pile the little ones in the
car and cruise up and down in
front of the library windows with
an occasional leer in our direction!
A really low trick and the effect
on his wife can be easily imag-
ined. There was another husband,
however, who was considerate
enough to get off the island alto
gether, thereby leaving his wife
to enjoy herself to the fullest. At
ter all, we don't have luncheons in
Hatteras every day!
Of course there were such |
things as vacations, visitors, and
the imminent arrival of new ba-
bies, etc., ETC., to account for the
absence of others.
For those of US who could stick
it out with a clear conscience, Mrs.
Mary Balances delicious chicken
chow mein was real treat and a
welcome relief from the fish diet
a good many of us find ourselves
on in the summertime. 1t would
have been little short of feed
ing the proverbial 5000, but there
was plenty and the temptation
for some might have been to over
do, but the person responsible for
the dessert must have remembered
our HID. lesson of few months
back, and the jello was served sans
establishment. However, one men,
Der was heard to remark plaintive-
ly ''it would have been good with
whipped cream, wouldn't it?" You
know all this accent on slim,
svelte, willowy figure is overdone
anyway perhaps. AS Jean Kerr
says in Please Don't Eat the Dais-
ies," she doesn't know any fat
Divorces! Come to think of it,
neither do 1. Do you. Now if this
premise is carried to it's logical
conclusion, it naturally follows
that fat wives keep their husbands.
For those who "run to fat" this
is quite comforting Pm sure. But
what happens to those who, with
the oncoming years, just seem to
shrivel and shrink. Me, for in
stance. Goodness knows, l have
held onto that husband of mine
with the tenacity of a bull dog
through thick and thin and
thought that now l could sit back
and relax. But no, without some
added avoirdupois I still run the
risk of losing him! Guess I'll have
to go on whipped cream diet
myself.
What with all the chatter of old
home agents, old hurricanes and
old Dare County doings, Mrs. Beu-
lab Gaylord just barely managed
to squeeze in a short talk and a
display of her poster illustrating
the comparative values of white
bread, rice and the potato. Mrs.
Gaylord is a very jolly person, and
it is indeed a pleasure to welcome
her as our new home agent.
All things come to those who
wait, and so it was with Mrs.
Pauline Oden who again won the
Dark Horse.
Those present at this meeting
were Mesdames Dolores Burrus,
Gail Hollis, Mary Balance, Paul
inc Oden, Hazel Foster, Virginia
Hudgins, Ruth Byrd "a former
president of the HID. club who now
resides in New Jersey, and Mrs.
Beulah Gaylord.