The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-01-29
ocRAcokE PERSONALS

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will meet at the Church Recreation
Hall. A feature of the meeting will
be Hat Sale each member trim
ming hat and bringing it in box
or bag for sale to some other mem
Der. A parade of the hats adds to
the evenings fun and small prize
is given to the best artist. Host
esses for the meeting are Mrs
Selma Spencer, Mrs. Ruby Garrish
Mrs. Hilda Scarborough, and Mrs
Nora Gaskill. On Wednesday after
noon, February 3rd, 2 PM, the
Woman's Society will meet in the
Church.
On Thursday night, February
4th, adults in the community will
have the opportunity to see the
American Cancer Society film
"The Human Cell and the Cytotech-
nologist", which is being sent to
Ocracoke by Mrs. Bert G. Tyson
Field Consultant, North Carolina
Division. 1t will be shown at 1880
pm. in the school library.
Tomorrow, Wednesday afte r.
noon, the Ocracol1e School children
will be out and about calling from
home to home for contributions to
the annual March of Dimes.
Several of the high school stu
dents will be busy during February
working on essays, "My Electric
Cooperative: Democlacy at Work"
The writer of the best essay will
be awarded a beautiful Hi-Fi
Record Player, and his or her es-
say will then be entered in the
NC. State Contest sponsored by
the Carolina Farmer" magazine
and the Rural Electric Membership
Coo-ops in North Carolina. Highest
prize in the State Contest is a
$500 college scholarship or in lieu
thereof, 5000 in cash. The prize
Hi-Fi Record Player is on exhibit
at the Ocracoke Electric Member
ship Corporation Plant.
At the January meeting of the
P.T.A., Mrs. Benjamin Spencer
gave an interesting account of the
trip which she and Mr.. Spencer
enjoyed to Florida during the holi-
days, and showed colored slides of
the Cypress Gardens. Two items
which were voted on were to get
sand for the school playground and
to get the kitchenette gas stove
repaired. Mr.. Rondthaler reported
that the banquet tables and the
maps asked for at the December
meeting has been ordered. Host
esses for the February 10Th meet
ing are Mrs. Benjamin E. Spencer,
Mrs. Herman Spencer, Mrs. Muir
ray Spencer, Mrs. Wallace Spen-
Ger, Mrs. Bill Spencer, and Mrs.
Norman Styron.
Mrs. Edward Veal has been Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wilson in
Norfolk.
Mrs. Clarence Scarborough was
brought home last week Friday
from Morehead City Hospital after
long disqualification there and at
Chapel Hill and Washington, N. C.
She came by plane from Beaufort,
accompanied by Mr.. Scarborough,
who had been on the mainland for
the time of her long illness. She
is being cared for by relatives and
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Garrish have
come to Ocracoke to live. They
are occupying the home of his late
mother, Mrs. Annie G. Garrish.
Mr.. Garrish seved for 20 years in
the Coast Guard, having enlisted in
1889. He has been stationed on the
"Dione", the "Modoc", and the
"Mistletoe", and at various coast
guard stations, including Norfolk,
Coinjock, and Elizabeth City. His
wife is a native of Baltimore,
where they were married in 1949.
The new home in Wahab Village
of Mr.. and Mrs. Owen M. Sutton
of Longmeadow, Mass, is being
built by Wahab Howard, Ben and
Wallace Spencer, contractors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coward Brugh are
building a new home on the Pam
leo Sound side of the Village. Mrs.
Brugh and little Debbie, who have
been visiting hr parents in Norfolk
are here at this time, visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Danny Garrish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry F. O'Neal
were here on their honeymoon last
week. Harry F. is with the
U.S.C.G., stationed at New London,
Connecticut. His wife, Carol Ann,
is native of New Jersey. While
here they visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry O'Neal.
Mrs. Harold Wahab, a recent
bride, was honored with a miscel-
laneos shower by Mrs. Hazel Gar
IRISH, Mrs. Colleen Jackson, and
Mrs. Ulysses Womac. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wahab are living at Virginia
Beach. She is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs TTlvseac Wonoa, 4L;-