The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-03-17
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS


Coward Brugh was recently ap-
pointed by the Ocracoke Mosquito
Control Commission, Albert Sty-
ron, Chairman, to supervise the |
Mosquito Control Program here.
First phase of the work started
about week ago when Charles and
James Williams were hired to dis
tribute oil-soaked bags of sawdust
in the bitches. Four hundred bags
have already been placed at the
north end of the village and an
equal number will be placed at the
south end. The program also
calls for Jogging and spraying.
Other members of the Com
mission are Montford Garrish,
and Benjamin E. Spencer, appoint
ed by the Hyde County Board
of Commissioners and Travis
Williams appointed by the North
Carolina Wildlifel Service and The
odore Rondthaler, appointed by the
State Board of Health.
Ocracoke Civic Club held it's
March meeting on Monday with
cooks r. Wahab Howard and Taft
Howard serving a beef stew sup
per. Rev. r. D. Shinkle joined the
club and 1t. (jg) Robert Nielsen
and Bill Hubbell representative of
the New Bern office of Social Sc
curity were visitors. Mr.. Hubbell
talked about new social security
laws and showed a movie. Jack Will
lis, President, presented a list of
names submitted by Uriah Garrish,
ST., one of Ocracoke,s oldest citi-
zens, of the Creeks between the
village and Great Swash, with a
view to putting these names on the
bridges. 1t was voted to do this.
The Club voted to ask the PTA to
repeat the Variety Show for the
benefit of the Civic Club. Theodore
Rondthaler of the Publicity Com
mittee stated that in the past week
over 800 inquiries had come in from
Pittsburgh area due to an Ocra-
coke write-up by Gilbert Love in
his Pittsburgh Press column.
| The Ocracoke School PTA will
meet Tuesday night in the School
Library and in addition to the reg
ular monthly business session will
enjoy a pot-luck supper. Mrs.
Geraldine Tolson, Mrs. Dora Jane
Garrish, and Mrs. Cora Louise Bur-
rus, all officers, are in charge of
plans. Special guests will be those
who help by taking part in the PTA
Show.
During the week of March goth,
Miss Media Howell, Hyde Couny
Economist, will be at Ocracoke to
offer classes in beginning and adj
vance sewing.
On Saturday night of this week
High School students will present
two one-act plays, blouse Guests"
and Life is so Dull''. Juniors are
sponsoring the plays to raise mon
ey for their entertainment of the
seniors. After the plays there will
be dancing.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. W. Howard have
returned home from a visit of three
months, with their daughter, Mrs.
Tom Nelson and family in Tuscon,
Arizona. En- route home they visit
ed their son Lafayette Howard and
family of Haddon Heights, New
Jersey. The son Lafayette and his
daughter, Mrs. Herman Fisher and
Mr.. Fisher are spending several
days at Ocracoke.
On March 7th to 10th Ocracoke
Lifeboat Station, Benjamin L..
ONeal, Officer-in-charge, was in
spected by a group of Coast Guard
Officials from Staten Island. New
York. In the group were, LCDR X.
L. Moser; Chief Warrant Machin-
list, Earl j. Wesner; Chief Store
keeper, J. w. Jay, Jr.; Chief War
rant Radio Electrician, r. A. Atk-
inson and Chief Warrant Ordnance
man, ]. E. Mcdonald. While here
they also made an inspection at
Cape Lookout Lifeboat Station.
David Farrow O'Neal, USCG,
now stationed with the New Lon
don. Conn.,, group at Clum Island
Lighthouse, is home on leave for
a week or more.
Homer Howard of Baltimore,