The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1959-05-15
MANY HAPPENINGS
DURING WEEK ON
OCRACOKE ISLAND

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meeting, final one of the school
year, of the P. T. A. will be held
on Tuesday night, May 10, 1880
p.m., in the school library. Host
esses are Mrs. Leevella Howard,
Mrs. Maude Ellen Balance, Mrs.
Peggy O'Neal, Mrs. Mildred
O'Neal, Mrs. Lola Williams, and
Mrs. Wilma Williams. Following
an established custom the new of
ficers, elected at the April meet
ing, do not take over responsibility
until the September meeting.
Mrs. Selma Spencer will preside
at the May meeting.
On Saturday night, May 10th,
graduates of Ocracoke Hig h
School will enjoy their alumni
meeting and banquet at the
school library at eight o'clock.
Mrs. Wanda Robinson is presi-
dent of the association; Calvin
O'Neal, Jr. is vice-president; Mrs.
Elizabeth G. Howard is secretary;
Mrs. Maude Ellen Balance is
secretary. Banquet committee, in
charge of the program are Mrs.
Maxine Mason, Miss Virginia B.
Howard, Miss Sherry O'Neal, and
Danny Garrish.
Miss Dare Wright, Donald Sea-
well, and Walter German, all of
New York City, flew in and
spent the week end at Ocracoke,
staying at Wahab Village Hotel.
While here they did considerable
amount of photographing.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ely of
near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
spent last week at the Virginia
Howard cottage. Mr.. Ely was de-
lighted to catch some fish while
he was here, and to be with Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Smith of Allan
ia, Georgia, when they caught
two cobia, fishing on the South
Wind with Capt. Thurston Cas-
kill. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith spent
the week at the Howard Tourist
Home.
A great many inquiries are
coming to the Ocracoke Civic
Club from people in the Pittsburg
area who want to come here for
vacations. Occasion for their in
terest is found in Gilbert Loves
columns in the Pittsburg Press.
Under the captions "Most Isolat-
ed Town." "For Your Vacation"
and "Magic Mileage" Mr.. Love
extols the wonders of Ocracoke
Island as he found them on a Wis
it last Spring. He spent a week
or more at that time at Sound
Front Inn.
Rev. w. R. Hale of Sea Level,
a former pastor of Ocracoke
Methodist Church, has been hos
pitalized at the Duke University
Hospital in Durham.
DIR. and Mrs. Crump and family
of Milford, N. ]. are spending the
week at one of the Ben Spencer
cottages. This is their second
summer vacation at Ocracoke.
On Thursday of this week Hazel
F. DAILY, Assistant District Man.
ager from the New Bern office of
Health, Education and Welfare,
will be at Ocracoke and will meet
any persons interested at Ocracoke
School library that afternoon.
Mrs. Maggie O'Neal left this
past week end for Wilmington,
Delaware, where she will make
her home with her son, Charlie
Morris O'Neal and Mrs. O'Neal.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. F. O'Neal of
Washington, N. C. have been Wis
iting here this week with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Garrish.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Overton of
Norfolk visited this past week end
with their daughter, Mrs. Coward
Brugh and Mr.. Brugh and Debor-
all, and of course with Mrs. Over
tons mother, Mrs. Mamie Howard,
and other relatives.
Murray Spencer was home from
Wilmington, Delaware, for the
week end. He returned on Monday
morning with Horace Gaskins,
Mace Garrish, and others who were
here for the week end with their
families.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guthrie Joliff of
Buxton spent the week end with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stacy
Howard.
Mrs. Lola Williams, Mrs. Taft
Howard, and Lindsey Howard Wis
tied relatives in Norfolk this past
week end.
Mrs. Bette Midgette and son,
Gerald, spent last week in Beau
fort. Mrs. Midgette's father, Ben
Williams, is hospitalized at Sea
Level, and she visited him there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin L.
O'Neal and son, Douglas, spent
the week end at Richmond, Vir-
ginia, with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Pronobis and family. Mr.. and Mrs.
Needham Simpson. accompanied
them and will spend about two