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^■"hls is Vol^ lOj No, 1, Sepbol958)
This is the lOth'Birthday of the OCRACOKE
SCHOOL NEHSi Yes, it began in Sept0191185
with Ward Garrish as Editor-in-Chief,
Cantwell Hovrard as Business rfenager,Wanda
Simpson (now Robinson) as Chief Art
Editor, Vifalter C. O'Neal,Jr® as AsstoArt
Editor, and Geraldine O'Neal (novr Tolson),
Hazel Wahab (now Gairrish), Alice Belle
Williams (now another 7/illiams), and
Susan Patman • ?.s reporters#
This year the Staff features Lindse3r Bo
Howard as Editor-in-Chief; Ellen Marie
Fulcher (who is back for a year of post
graduate work) and Alda Vann O'Neal as
Business Managers, and V.Bo, Joe Ben,
as Junior-Senior Reporters; David as
Advertising Manager; and for Grade Report
ers, 10th Ann Esham, 9th Stan Gaskins,
8th and 7th Mablc Mutro, 4th,5th,and 6th
Lorraine Howard, The Primary room 'vri.ll
work together on their news for the paper.
Several graduates have offered to help
and we will tandoubtedly be calling on them#
Ten years ago, 1948, school enrollment
vras 61; this year it is 90,
This first issue of the school paper is
sent to all of last year's subscribers,'
but if Y OU want to continue getting it,
be sure yotir 50^ (residents) or $lo00
(off-Island) is in hand by October 10,
Mail it to Miss Ellen Marie Fulcher,
Ocracoke School, Ocracoke, N.C#
Ocracoke School has one new teacher# Mrs#
William W# (Janice) Clark is teaching
grades 1, 2, and 3» Mrs# Clarke is the
wife of the Methodist preacher. Before her
marriage she was Janice Murdoch of Wild
wood near Morehead City, She is a grad
uate of Flora MacDonald College, Before
coming to Ocracoke she taught in the
Durham County and also the Durham City
Schools#
Ocracoke School has several new pupils.
There is Ronald (Ronnie)Howr.rd in the
9th grade, Ronnie is the son of Edgar
H award, a native of Ocracoke, who wont
off the Island and made a name for him
self in the musical show world. Yflien it
comes to playing banjo, Edgar Ho’.vard is
''tops", Ronnie hr?s attended schools in
New York Fbate and in Florida. He is^
living with Joe Gaskins, Ho says he likor
Ocracoke and he likes Ocracoke School#
There are three nev; pupils in Miaa
Hodges' room; Mi.chael Stowe in the 5th
and Rovrena Stowe in the 4tlatiLast year
they v/ere at Buoc.ton School, Their par^
ents are Mr.,and MrscChai’les Stowe; Mr#
Stowe is Chief on the 63"*foot0r at the
local CrGoStation# The family lives in
the former Alice 7/illiams homo#
There is also Doraiie Stowe in the 2nd
grade, and David Ballance in the 3rd
and Eugene Ballance in the first# Other
first graders are Kenneth Garrish,David
F.O'Neal,Jr,,Leonard Mack Tolson,Jack
Carol Willis,Jr,,Judy Queen Ballance,'
Judith Gail Gaskins, Fdna Mae Parsons,
Bcthae Robinson,Bessie Christine Spencer,
and Phyllis Jean Styron, all of #iom
seem to be enjoying school,
Ellen Marie'Fulcher is back for post
graduate work, specializing in general
business,and with shorthand as a new sub
ject#
Two other post-graduates are "Tip",
Ward's dog, who has been'attending school
ever since'Ward was here, and "Gyp",
Bill's dog, has been coming off and
on since Bill loft# Joe Ben's kitten
enrolled this year along with t he first
graders#
Da-vid Esham is taking C^homistry this
^gaj^mder the suprevision of Mr.Rond-