The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-06-05
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS

day night, June 9Th, at the schoo
library.
The Ocracoke Commencement
Exercises, held at the Sunday eve
lining service at Ocracoke Method
| list Church, were much appreciat
ed by all those attending. Rev
Robert Bundy, pastor of the Meth
odist Church of Swan Quarter
Ipreached the baccalaureate SER
mon, using the phrase "Follow
Me" John y and pointing out
the need of discipline, direction
land devotion, in his sermon for
the graduates. Supt. Tommie Gay
lord presented diplomas to Aida
Vann O'Neal and David E. Es-
ham. Principal Rondthaler pre-
sented perfect attendance certifi-
Gates to Stan Gaskins and Ronald
E. Howard of the ninth grade
and Linda X. Gaskins of the
fourth grade, and gave honorable
mention to those who had missed
only one day, Billy Garrish and
Kay Waller of the tenth grade,
Betsy Anna Styron of the fifth
grade, Linda Gail Gaskins and
David Balance of the first grade.
He laso presented the 1859 Quail
ty Reading Award to David E.
Esham. This is an award initiated
at Ocracoke School by Charles
Runyon of New Haven, Connecti-.
cut, a summer resident, who is
very much interested in the local
school.
With Rev. and Mrs. Bundy at
Ocracoke were her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Gehrig of Sag
NAV, Michigan. They left Monday
morning for trip to Washing
ton, D. C. before returning to
Swan Quarter.
Rev. William Clarke, pastor of
the Methodist Church, sustained
a back injury recently and has
been confined to his home. Theo-
dore Rondthaler preached at the
Sunday morning service during
his absence and Rev. Bundy at the
Sunday night service.
l. F. O'Neal returned Sunday
from Washington. Friends here
sympathized deeply with him in
the death of his wife, Mrs. Grace
Diamond O'Neal, of Washington,
who passed away at Prince
George Hospital, Cheverly, Mary
land, on May Goth. Funeral serv-
ices were held at the Methodist
Church in Washington, N. c. on
Saturday. Attending from Ocra-
coke were Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Garrish, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter c.
O'Neal, ST., Mr.. and Mrs. Danny
Garrish, and Charlie Amman. Mrs.
O'Neal is survived by daughter,
Mrs. Arbor Gray of Hyattsville,
Maryland, and by two grandchil-
dren.
Ben Williams and his daughter,
Mrs. Betty Midget and her two
boys, have returned home. Mr..
Williams has been hospitalized at
New Bern and at Sea Level.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coward Brugh had
as guests last week her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Over
ton of Coinjock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Koch of
Wadsworth, Ohio, spent week
here recently, working on the
renovation of their Ocracoke sum-
mer home. They expect to return
for another week in the early
fall. They stayed at the Howard
Tourist Home while here.
Mrs. Raymond Riddick and Mrs.
Allie Barber of Scotland Neck,
are occupying their summer home,
the "Ida Lawrence" cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawton Howard
and son of Prospect Park, Pa.
h ave occupied their Ocracoke
home for the past ten days.
Mrs. Tressie Howard has been
ill at her home. Her daughter,
Mrs. David Balance and Mr.. Bal
lance of Norfolk, have been stay
ing with her.
Miss Mary Byrum of Raleigh oc-
cupied her summer home here last
week.
Miss Kay Waller had as recent
guests Dianne Garrish and Judy
Heath of Washington, N. C. who
were here with Adrian Garrish.
Mrs. Lena Bragg had as her
guest last week her grandson,
James E. Drake, of Rocky Mount,
and friend of his.
A good many cobia have been
caug... -ecenrly. Capt. Oscar Bur-
rus reports that Hugh Murray and
party of Raleigh caught four good
sized ones. Wallace and Ben Spen-
Ger were also lucky in bringing in
several.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones M. Will
liams of Staten Island, N. Y. Wis
tied recently with his mother,
Mrs. Brittle Williams, and other
relatives here.
Word has been received that