Milford chronicle., 1961-07-07

garet Thistlewood's on the 9Th. A
most enjoyable time was spent by
all and the eats were most delici-
Gus. Mr.. and Mrs. David Vinyard
enjoyed refreshments with the par
| ty. Mrs. Thistlewood received sew
eral useful gifts and a container
of most beautiful flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred McCreary of
, Claymont, spent Saturday with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George b.
Thistlewood and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert II. Yerkes
Sr., gave a surprise birthday buffet
supper in honor of their son Rob-
! ert's Jr.'s birthday anniversary, on
Saturday evening, July 1, in the
Fellowship Hall. Roberts 21st bir-
thday was on Tuesday July 4th.
Even though a lot of the food was
prepared at home, Robert Jr., was
greatly surprised. The buffet con-
sisted of cold turkey, cold boiled
ham, potato salad, baked beans,
pickles, olives, potato chips, rolls,
butter, iced tea soft drink, brick
ice cream, cookies. and crackers.
Guests present were, Mrs. Ray Kir-
wan. Mrs. Eugne Sharp, Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodrow Martin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Yerkes and son Town
send, Kay Richardson, Connie Par
Wis, Janice Sharp. Beverly Hayes,
June Buarque, Connie Vinyard, Eli
leen Clark, Phyllis Hood, Dolores
Hood. Alice Hood, Patsy Hayes,
Kay Scott, Helena and Laura Jane
Yerkes, Johnnie Benson. Arthur
Passwaters, Wayne Simpson Rich
ard Simpson, Jimmie Vreeland, Will
liam Fisher, Bobby Reynolds, John
Yerkes, Billy Yerkes, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Yerkes. Robert, Jr., received
many useful and lovely gifts and
all departed wishing him many
more happy birthdays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Warren and
Mr.. and Mrs. Oley Sapp have re-
Gently visited Ocracoke, NC On the
way down they stopped at Kitty
Hawk. and saw the Wright Broth
ers National memorial. Here was
made the first successful power dri-
ven airplane flight in history. The
Wright Brothers camped a few hun
dred feet from Kill Devil Hill
where they did their experiment
ing. On March 2, 1927, Congress
authorized Kill Devil Hill Monu-
ment National Memorial, but in 19-
SO I h e name was changed to
Wright Brothers National Mem
orial. The Memorial Shaft is a tri-
angular pylon of Mount Airy NC,
gray granite, so feet high. It's steel
doors and metal world map inside
depict events associated with mans
efforts to fly and the first 25
years of aviation history.
The next place was Nags Head.
The legend of Nags Head is that
tales of rich treasures being plum
dered by pirates served as inspira-
tion for the name Nags Head. A
lantern was tied around the neck
of a horse which was led along the
sandy ridges of the shore. Ship
captains mistook this to be a ship
riding at anchor in the harbor.
When attempting to get to safe
harbor, it met destruction upon
treacherous shoals. Land pirates
would then loot the wrecked ship.
Leaving Nags Head, they crossed
Oregon Inlet to Hatteras and saw
the famous Cape Hatteras Light
house. 1t was built in 1870 on Nor
tn Carolina's outer banks. 1t is the
tallest lighthouse in the United
States and warns ships off Dia-
mond Shoals. This area, known as
the graveyard of the Atlantic, is
where the Labrador current and
the Gulf Steam meet.
Ocracoke only recently made
readily accessible TO the average
tourist most nearly truly represen-