The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-04-17
.OCRACOKE TRAFFIC
GROWING; BOOK BUS
MAKES THIRD TRIP


Hatteras Inlet carried about one
thousand cars during the month of
March and daily recordings indi-
cate a larger number for April.
The Beaufort Hyde Martin book
mobile is here at Ocracoke today.
Lee Trimble, director of the BHM
library, which is located at Wash
ington, N. c., drove the vehicle to
the Island, arriving on the 8 am.
ferry. Mrs. Trimble and the chill
dren accompanied him. This is the
third trip the Bookmobile has made
to Ocracoke. School students and
adults are invited to withdraw
books.
Next week Mrs. Jean Balance,
Home Economics Agent of Hyde
County, will spend a week at Oc-
racoke, giving instruction in sew
ing.
Four representatives of the Oc-
racoke Civic Club attended the
April meeting, on Monday, April
9th, of the Hyde County Commits
sioners, to present the needs of
the island for mosquito control and
ask for county and state financial
assistance. They were Elisha Es-
ham, president of the club, Benja-
min E. Spencer, chairman of the
Mosquito Control Committee, r.
S. Wahab, and Theodore Rondthal-
er.
On Thursday, April 18th, Mrs.
Saide Garrish, will be SO years old.
On Friday afternoon relatives and
friends are invited to visit her at
the home of her granddaughter,
Mrs. Travis Williams. She is the
oldest woman on Ocracoke.
Several persons recently hos
pitalized are now back home: T. w.
Howard, Jesse Garrish and Chris
topher Gaskill, from Sea Level
Hospital, and John B. Gaskins,
from Morehead City Hospital.
Mrs. Laura Bragg has been in
Morehead City Hospital, but is ex-
pected home shortly. Miss Kath-
leen Bragg accompanied her to
Morehead City. Ben Williams is
still at Sea Level Hospital. His
daughter, Mrs. Bette Midget has
returned home from Sea Level.
Leonard Bryant, who suffered a
slight stroke last week, was taken
by helicopter Saturday to Beaufort
County Hospital, Washington,
N. C.
Several members of the Bryant
family were here last week, in
Guiding Mrs. Jane Bryant, who
lives with son at Elkin, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Thomas Bryant of Ell
kin, Godfrey Bryant of Whining
ton, Del, Charles Bryant of Wash
ington, N. C. Miss Mildred Bryant
returned to Washington with her
nephew, Charles on Saturday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Simpson and
son of Elizabeth City have been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John B. Gaskins. Mr.. Simpson is
in the Coast Guard and is being
sent to the Navy Base at Memphis,
Tennessee, for some special school
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Spencer
and son, who have been visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Spencer, left Monday for Muir
freesboro, Tennessee. Jimmie is in
the Air Corp and expects soon to
be sent to Sheppard Field Texas
for special schooling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Willis and
son and Mrs. Charlie McWilliams,
spent the week end with relatives
in Portsmouth, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neafie Scarbor-
ough have returned home, after
taking Mrs. Scarborough's father
to Ocean City, Maryland. They
have as their guest, Mr.. Scarbor-
ough's sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Fos-
ter of Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Austin and
children of Hatteras spent the
week end with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew S. Spencer.
Mrs. Melva Johnson and daugh-
ter, of Norfolk, Martha Lynn, are
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
q. S. Williams. Mrs. Salina Will
liams of Norfolk is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Eleanor Balance.
Mrs. Eleanor Burrus has been
visiting her sisters in Hatteras.
Mrs. T. H. Wahab had as guests
recently her nieces, Mrs. Jack
Virgins Of Sea Isle City and Mrs.
Julia Gaillard of Audubon, N. j.
Milon Williams is still at the
u. S. Public Health Hospital in
Norfolk. Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Spen-
lcer visited him on Saturday of last
week.
1 Mrs. Benjamin L. O'Neal at
tended a Methodist District Con-
ference in Sanford, ". C. last week,