The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-07-10
LIVELY LIST OF
HAPPENINGS ON
OCRACOKE ISLAND
New Deputy Sheriff; Many visi-
tors; Rond+halers Depart
for West Coast

tors; Rondfhalers Depart
for West Coast
! OCRACOKE, July 6+The Ocra
coke Civir Club will hold it's Jul!
meeting on Monday, July 18th a
the school library.
Ward Garrish has been appoint
ed Deputy Sheriff for Ocracok'
Township by Sheriff Charlie Ca
hoon of Hyde County. Mr.. Gar
IRISH is graduate of Ocracokt
High School, Class of 1949. He il
employed by the State Highway
Commission in charge of roac
supervision on Ocracoke.
There were many visitors here
for the July 4th week end. Mr.
and Mrs. John Midgette enjoyed
a visit from their sons, Jesse anc
John, Jr., of Wilmington, Della
ware, and Elmer Gray of Moreheao
City. Mr.. and Mrs. H. J. Williams
are back from an extended stay in
Norfolk with her sister, Mrs. Nina
Warren, and had as guests for the
week end James T. Williams OF
Durham, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Peyton and Mrs. Carrie Chisholm
all of Norfolk. Another daughter
Mrs. Elnora Hamilton and family
are occupying their summer cot
tage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel G. Jones,
Sr. and son, Selby, were at Berk-
ley Manor, and with them Mrs,
Jones' parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Brandt of Bremenhaven, Germany.
They had as week end guests Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Dixon and Mr..
and Mrs. Willard of Washington,
N. C. Mr.. and Mrs. Norvel Scott
and children of Norfolk arrived on
Sunday to spend a week at Ocra-
coke. Mrs. Scott is Mr.. Jones
daughter.
John Gaskill was home from
Norfolk. His sisters Polly and
Nora are at the homeplace here
this summer.
Mike Riddick of Greenville, is
here for most of the summer with
his grandmother, Mrs. Maude Full
cher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton Scarborough
of Pennsville, N. Jr are vacation
ing at their home here. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Waller, who for
merly occupied the Scarborough
home, have moved into their new
residence east of the Village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl O'Neal are
vacationing in the O'Neal home.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Garrish re-
turned from a visit to Cape May.
With them came Mr.. and Mrs.
Fletcher Hoggard and children,
Mrs. Hoggard is their daughter and
plans to spend a month in her
home here. AS guests over the. July
18th week end, they had Mr.. and
Mrs. Fletcher Hoggard, ST..
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Runyon
and daughter, Anne, are in the
Rulyon summer home for three
weeks. Their daughter, Nina, has
gone to Girl Scout camp in Colora-
do, and their son, John, is at a
camp in Maine this summer. The
whole family hopes to be at Ocra-
coke in late August. A friend of
the Runyons, Klaus, of Washing
ton, D. c., spent the week end at
Sound Front Inn. Mr.. Klaus for
many years was associated with
the U. S. Treasury Department and
recalled a trip to Ocracoke some
forty years ago when he came
down on Coast Guard business. He
was greatly impressed and pleased
with the convenience of the ferry
and road route, rather than the
long trip down to Beaufort and
boat trip over from Atlantic.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hart and
family of Richmond visited hel
mother, Mrs. James Styron. Also
here from Richmond were Mr.. anC
Mrs. Elmer Farmer, Jr., anc
family, who visited Mrs. Farmers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John B
Gaskins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coward Brugh hae
as July 18th visitors Mr.. and Mrs
James Doyle and family and Mr.
and Mrs. w. P. Slade of Norfolk
Capt. and Mrs. Thurston Gas
kill had a lot of holiday company
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray Casey ant
daughters, Linda and Nancy, o.
Norfolk; Jack Goodwin of Wash
ington, D. c.; Charles Burger o.
Philadelphia.
A group visited Ocracoke b!
boat from Lake Landing, enjoying
renewing their acquaintanshil
with Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Wahal
and others here. In the group wer,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Jennette ant
daughter, MIR. and Mrs. Wade Fer
guson and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
Cnlnnnan Davis Mr. and M,.S TnhI