The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1959-09-25
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS

OCRACOKE, Sept. 22.-Seven
employees of the Delaware State
Highway Department enjoyed a
three day outing at Ocracoke last
week, and while here viewed with
interest the Island highway and
expressed themselves of the opinion
that the ultimate landing spot for
the Hatteras ferry would be in the
vicinity of the Green Island Club.
The group did some fishing with
Capt. Thurston Gaskill. TIL ey
caught a variety of small fish and
one good-sized cobia. In the party
were Frank Gum III of Frank
ford, Howard Lockwood of Milton,
Louise J. Mobiles of Rehoboth, John
and Bill Hutchens, Lloyd Baker and
Lloyd Short all of Georgetown,
Delaware. 1t was the first trip to
Ocracoke for some of the group.
Mr.. Gum makes annual trips to the
Island, sometimes coming as often
as twice in the fall season.
Edward Simpson of Ocean View,
Delaware, visited his mother, Mrs.
Elsie Tolson, this past week.
Arnold ]. Stewart, well-known
newspaper man of Wilmington
Delaware, is spending vacation at
Wahab Village Hotel, recuperating
from serious illness. Mr.. Stewart
is an ardent sportsman and visits
Ocracoke often.
Mrs. Savanna P. Fisher of Wash
ington, N. c., visited Mrs. Bessie
Howard over the week end. Also
at the Howard Tourist home were
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan .Spivey of
Raleigh, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
H. Dean of Willow Grove, Pa, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Kittrell of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Dowell of
Gainesville, Maryland, have been
visiting her brother, Capt. Thurs
ton Gaskill and Mrs. Gaskill.
Mrs. Charlie Tolson, recently
hospitalized at Morehead City, is
recovering nicely and is expected
home soon.
Rev. w. w. Clarke, Jr.,, C. F.
Boyette, Charles Albanian, and 1.
F. O'Neal attended a Methodist
Church commission meeting in
Manteo on Monday of this week.
Mrs. Doris Garrish, Mrs. Jacque-
line Brugh, and Mrs. Name Howard
drove to Morehead City and Beau
fort this week.
Mrs. Ellen Marie Veal, recent
bride, was honored on Tuesday
night by Mrs. Colleen Jackson and
Mrs. Ellen Robinson lat a mis-
cellaneous shower, at the Church
Recreation Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Styron and
chilren have returned to their home
in Wilmington, Delaware, after
spending the summer months
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Best and Mrs
Richardson, who spent week with
Mrs. Maude Fulcher, have returned
to their home in Baltimore.
Mrs. Laura Bragg accompanied
her son, Eric Gregory Bragg, to
Norfolk last Friday. She plans to
have another eye operation this
week at the U. S. Public Health
Hospital. John Tolson, who has
been visiting his brother, Charlie
Tolson, made the trip with them
to Norfolk to visit his sister, Mrs
Laura Copeland, there before going
to his home in New York. Mrs
Russell Williams also returned to
Norfolk with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hartman of the
Richmond Regional Office, Ma
tional Park Service, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Donald Lee of the Washing
ton, D. C. Office, were here last
week.
Seventeen members of the
Woman's Society for Christian
Service of the Methodist Church
attended the sub-district meeting
at Buxton last week, Friday. Mrs.
Jack Willis, president, extended an
invitation for the October 1860
meeting to be held here. Those who
went to the meeting were Mrs.
Willis, Mrs. T. w. Howard, Mrs.
Thurston Gaskill, Miss Leila How
ard, Mrs. Iva Garrish, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Esham, Mrs. Dell Scar
borough, Mrs. Irene O'Neal, Mrs.
Marvin Howard, Mrs. Taft Howard
Mrs. Ansley O'Neal, Mrs. Ruby
Garrish, Mrs. Doris Garrish, Mrs
Benjamin L. O'Neal, Mrs. Edna
ONeal, Mrs. Mary Frances O'Neal
and Mrs. Hilda Scarborough.