Thursday, Aug. 21, 1941
THE BEAUFORT NEWS BEAUFORT, N. C.
PAGE FIVE
Mrs- Martha Ann Wahab's Home On Ocracoke Is Island's Prettiest
COMPLETELY REMODELED . RECENTLY BY SON STANLEY
a fore runner of a bridge but sure
ly the fore runner of roads. It is
true that the islanders on Ocracoke
and Hatteras are not required to
buy auto licenses, just so they
stay on the islands but they are
required to pay road tax on every
gallon cf gasoline used in their
cars and trucks. This is one of
the reasons the islanders of the
Outer Banks want roads they
feel that they have been forced to
pay taxation without representa
tion. "Give us roads so we can drive
to and from the mainland," that is
the plea which Governor Brough
ton and his Highway Commission
will hear down on Hatteras this
weeek-end. Ocracokers will be
going ever to Hatteras to greet th
chief executive and add to the
plea.
a most unusual occurrence a
train bell going to an island where
still a few people have yet to see
their first train and locomotive.
Had the the construction of the
church taken place in the old days
the islanders would have had no
trouble getting a bell. There were ' and the church builders can't take
usually plenty of ship wrecks and
chances on waiting for one to bap
pen. They want their bell right
now and Mr. Edwards will see that
they get one if such a thing is
available around the Old Mullet
Line shops at New Bern.
every ship carried a bell which
could be salvaged for religious
tinkling or ringing in the church
es of the island. But today there
are no shipwrecks or seldom any
Travel By Boat To Hatteras
From May Until October Round Trip Daily Between Hat
teras Community To Englehard (Terminus N.C. Route 264)
on Mainland
Boat Schedule And Rates
DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
Lv. Hatteras 10 A. M. Lv. Engelhard 2:00 P. M.
SATURDAYS
Lv. Hatteras 10 A. M. Lv. Engelhard 6:00 P. M
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MORE ABOUT
OCRACOKERS
(Continued from page 1
ONE OF THE prettie.t and
most modern homes on Ocra
coke Island is that of Mrs. Mar
tha Ann Wahab, shown from the
shore of Silver Lake Harbor in
the abeve photograph. That
person in the yard coming out
to see what a meddlesome pho
tographer was doing taking pic
tures of her home is Mrs. Wa
hab, one of the most lovable
characters on the island. She
is the mother of R. Stanley Wa
hab who made a success in life
and then shared it with the folks
back home by doing consider
able development which means
employment for many islanders
the year around. Photo at left:
A closeup view of Mrs. Wahab
and her Chesapeake Retriever
with a rear view'of her beautiful
home is shown in this picture.
To give the reader an idea
about the rapid growth of veg
etation, the willow tree at left
in picture now 20 feet high was
rooted from a twig only three
years ago. Photos by Aycock
Brown.
than the steeple of the church it
self. In the second place island
people building churches have to
use their forty dollars paying for
material such as luumber and
shingles.
Spotting a church bell to fit in
the steeple of a very small church
was a new kind of assignment for
Editor Brown. Nevertheless he
promised to do what he could and
suddenly the idea occurred to him
that probably at the machine shops
of the Old Mullet Line in New
Bern there may be a discarded bell.
He made a trip to New Bern to
contact H. P. Edwards, president
of the Atlantic and East Carolina
and asked for a discarded bell.
Mr. Edwards has promised that
if there was one available around
the shops, Ocracoker's now build
ing their church, could have same
and it won't cost forty dollars
neither will it weigh 950 pounds.
If such a bell is spotted, this will be
Trucks and Trailers $5 Cars (Under 3,000 lbs.) $3.50
Adults: $1.50 Children: 5-12 75c
Boats Hadeco and Coosaw Safe and Comfortable
Boats Make Connection At Hatteras With Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry and
Bus Service to Ocracoke Village.
SPEND YOUR NEXT VACATION OR FISHING TRIP AT HATTERAS
Hatteras Development Company
TOM EATON and FRAZIER PEELE, Operators
HATTERAS
North Carolina
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MORE .ABOUT
FISHING
(Continued iroin page 1)
to the fisherman who likes a tough
battle. They have been taken as
early as May 1, and are out there
in the semi-bllue waters west of
the Gulf Stream off Ocracoke,
Hatteras and Cape Lookout from
that date until late autumn.
Bluefish, Mackerel, and Bonita:
These varieties furnish sport for
those who do not care for the long
trips to sea necessary for the game
species mentioned previouslyy in
this story. They are taken around
Ocracoke and Hatteras Inlets and
along the beach to Cape Hatteras
and to Cape Lookout. The season
begins in June but is at its best
during late August and early Sep
tember. Trout and Sheepshead: They
are taken by still fishing with
baited hooks from May until early
autumn.
Channel Bass: (Red Drum).
The wordl's record channel bass
was taken at Ocracoke Island. The
waters of Ocracoke and Hatteras
are famous for Channel Bass fish
ing. They have been caught dur
ing every month of the year. In
the summer time they are taken
mostly on the shoals of Pamlico
Sound but in the Spring and au
tumn they abound in the surf of
Hatteras and Ocracoke Island and
are taken by surf casters.
Boat and Rate
No where are to be found better
boats skippered by more able men
than at Ocracokke and Hatteras.
They have spent their lives mak
ing a living from adjacent waters.
Their knowledge insures safety.
At Hatteras some of the owner
skippers and their boats are: L. D.
Burrus, Jackie Fay; Ernul Foster,
Albatross; Vernon Willis The Wil
lis; Rube Stowe, Mariner; Nelson
Stowe, the MMV; Elmer Ballance,
Daisy Fern; Oliver O'neal, Edwin,
Jr. ; .Elsworth Ballance, Sybil; Hal-
lis Foster, Miss Royce; M. G.
Stowe, Cella, and Ross Burrus,
Ross, Jr. Rates for one to four
fishermen per day are: Hatteras
Inlet and vicinity $15; Cape Hat
teras $20 and Diamond Lightship
Gulf Stream, $25.
At Ocracoke Clyde Willis, man
ager of Wahab Village Hotel or
David Gaskill, manager Pamlico
Inn or Capt. Gary Bragg, manager
of Cedar Grove Inn, will make ar
rangements for fishing parties.
The rate at Ocracoke is $9 per day
for parties of one to three persons
and $3 per day for each additional
persona bove three. The rates
from Ocracoke fishermen are
shightly higher for longer hours
or fishing two tides daily or for
trips to the Gulf Stream.
MORE ABOUT
GAS TAX
(Continued from page 1)
so why don't they give us a road?"
That statement was made by Dal
las Williams down on Ocracoke at
a chamber of commerce meeting
recently where The Beaufort News
editor was guest speaker. Not
only that, but Mr. Williams of Oc
racoke, as well as the Garrishes,
the MacWilliams', the Howards,
the Spencers, the Gaskills, the Bas
nights, the O'Neals, the Wahabs
and the Fulchers as well as every
one else wonder why the State
could not help out a bit and get a
ferry across Hatteras Inlet from
Ocracoke.
Such things have happened be
fore on the Banks and the island
ers believe that a ferry is not only
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