Mrs.Iva Stewartjvjritos from Uinston-
Salcra: ''The new postcard vici'Jsof
Ocracokc aro lovely and made me
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GExISlJATOR
homesick to see old friendS;,” Mrs,
Stewart-s father has been ill in
the hospital w-ith lobar pneumonia
and a heart condition,but is now
back home. She continues;''! have
not had time to write cards,and
would appreciate so much your let-
all friends lenow why,"
On Friday,January 10,the Ocracoke
Electric Membership Corp^received
a new ^anerating unit
a Superior
cost
of
ting
Cantwell Williams,Class of 19li.9,
USCG-,writes; I .think of Ocracokc
School often and vjish I had my
school years to live over againo I
sure hope to get back to Ocracokc
sometime soon; seems like overytimo
I try to come,something comes up,
That^s Service life for 3’ou,but I
really like it, I want to tell you
I greatly enjoy the school paper;
like to keep up vuth things going
on around home,"
diesel engine with l85 and
276 HP, The total installed
this new generating tunit will be
755^490, The Co-op expects to
complete installation and have the
generator in operation sometime in
Pebruaryo Ralph Hitt, of Morf :.k,
is here in charge of installation.
He and his wife and two children
are living in one of the Stanley
Wahab cottages.
Rev, Leroy JoEowo of Baltimore, Md,,
is preaching at the Assembly of
G-od Church,
Christmas a
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by Carolyn 'Garri;
A
Wo would like to express our
ciation to Mr,and Mrs, Ottis
who have opened up the Movie Thea
tre, This gives cntortai.ni.icnt not
only for the young people,but thos
of all ages. Among recent pictures
WQHo "The Searchers" xvith John
Wayne, and "The Man V-lio Encvi too
Much",with Doris Day and Jimmy
Cagney, There have been some very
good Westerns and there is a Sat,
night serial,"Panther Girl of the
Jungle," MrSeMassic is a native of
Ocracokc,the former Ida Mao Ballancc,
Mr,Ma3sio has operated movie thea- Year*s
tors in Tennessee and Florida,They
aro living in one of the R,S.
Wahab c ot tago s.
Caroling by the Methodist Choir was
much appreciated by the older folk,
and the choir itself enjoyed the
appre-refreshments served afterward at
Massiothc home of Mroand Mrs,Jack Willis,
Post-office x-ias filled x^Jith pack
ages and mall, but the postmistress
and her assistant didn^t lose their
smiles all through the rush. One
day alone,they handled 30 bags of
MoilI -- from Scars,and Santa,most
of it,at least. So many pa.c’xagcs
they had to "call over'^' the names
of those getting them,'which is the
x^a.y they alxmays did it in the old
„days before boxes came into use.
IHKTIl'TG SEASON ENDS WED.
9";' '7T5y\LinQ spy toward
Hunting has ocen oot'cer si.noe
Christmas than it x-jas before then,
in fact there are so many poop'' ''
out hunting these
of the Seas on,that
reports from the Guidos, Gharli
Garri3h,Sri reports that all of his
Eve - Watch Service .at
11:30 pem, at the Methodist Church
Xjjas X'joll attended and very impress-
-ve. ^ After that there X'jcro several
parties for the ^’"oung people who
wanted to stay up ALL night to
x>/atch the New Year inj Two mother M
got some extra gray hairs, when at
about 2 aomo they coulcln'^t find
last throe days their little boys (4th to 6th
I can^t got full’S-9dcrs), One youngster v;as found
xr.st a
others
'^locp
were
in an
found
old
fa!
car
iomc
■'.sleep in
good
luck,and the
had
sand bank down
cave xjhich tliey
in a
EaseIV Rumor has it xYeon thev
asked Harry OHdo.al hoxr many of his
wore out the saids'^Jupt a minute
previously dug
ay the old Navy
parties have had
same report comes from dharlio
Williams,Thurston Ha ski 3.1, and others^,
Ocracokors themselves are taking a
much time for hunting as possj.blcc. . ■ ,
Most of them arc catching the lirait^ cou.n5 *crao"Throe were missing.