FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1951
BUS SCHEDULES
BETWEEN HATTERAS
AND MANTEO
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Frisco, ar. 8:10 a.m. 5:15 p.m.
Buxton, ar. 8:20 am. 5:00 p.m.
Avon, ar. 8:40 a.m. 4:45 p.m.
Salvo, ar. 9:00 a.m. 4:20 p.m.
Waves, ar. 9:10 a.m. 4:15 p.m.
Rodanthe,ar. 9:15 a.m. 4:10 p.m.
Or.lnlet, ar. 10:20 a.m. 3:20 p.m.
Manteo, ar. 11:30 a.m. Iv. 2:00 p.m.
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20 minutes
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HOME CLUBS PLEDGE
SUPPORT FOR DEFENSE
Civil Defense to Have All-Out
Support of State HD Clubs
in 1952
Raleigh.—Training for Civil
Defense is the major project of
the North Carolina Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs for
the coming year, Miss Ruth Cur
rent, State Home Demonstration
Agent, disclosed through E. Z.
Jones, Director of North Carolina
Council of Civil Defense.
“Home Demonstratlon Club
membership numbers 67,000 wo
men, working through 2,300 clubs*
with 2,200 local volunteer leaders.
Clubs are located in every county
in the state. “Their support of
the Civil Defense program is sig
nificant,” Mr. Jones stated. “Rural
women can render vital service in
the event of enemy disaster, and
we are glad to have them give
constructive training for such
service priority over other projects
in their 1952 program.”
Miss Current’s announcement
came following a meeting between
Home Demonstration Club Dis
trict Supervisors with Mrs. Sarah
Boyd Weaver, Director of Wom
en’s Affairs for the North Carolina
Council of Civil Defense, at which
the program was set up.
District supervisors in North
Carolina are: Miss Nell Kennett,
Western District; Mrs. Verona J.
Langford, Eastern District; Miss
Annamerle Arant, Northwestern
District; Mrs. Esther G. Willis,
Southwestern District; Mrs. Mary
L. McAllister, Southeastern Dis
trict; Miss Lorna Langley, North
eastern District.
Colored District Supervisors,
with offices located at A and T
College, Greensboro, are: Mrs.
Dozzell Lowe, Miss Wilhemena
Laws and Mrs. Ruby Carraway.
“Farm women in North Caro
lina are increasingly aware of the
big role they will have in the civil
defense of our homefront,’’ Miss
Current advised. “We are anxious
to back the state program and of
fer our wholehearted participa
tion.”
SOCIAL
MANTEO PERSONALS
Cpl. Bradford Fearing of Fort
McClellan, Ala., and Woodson
Fearing of the University of N. C.,
Chapel Hill, are spending the holi
days with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. K.-Fearing.
Misses Doris Alford and Iva
dean Wilson of East Carolina Col
lege, Greenville, have arrived at
teir homes in Manteo for the hol
idays. >
Mr. and Mrs. J. M, Berkey of
Alexandria, Va., are the grand
parents of a baby girl born Novem
ber 18 at Penninsula Hospital,
Salisbury, Md., to their daughter,
the former Thelma Mae Berkey,
now Thelma Mae Merrill. The baby
is named for her mother, Thelma
Mae. Mrs. Berkey is the former
Jennie Midgett, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Midgett
of Manteo.
Roger Bell of N. C. State Col
lege, Raleigh, is spending the
Christmas holidays with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Q. Bell.
Mrs. Luther Daniels and twn
children of Raleigh left Saturday
for their home after visiting Mrs.
Daniels’ mother, Mrs. W. G. Ether
idge, for several days. Mrs. Ether
idge accompanied them to Raleigh
for a visit.
Jack Cahoon arrived home from
State College last week to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Cahoon, during the holidays.
Cliff Topping returned to his
home in Manteo on Wednesday of
last week after a stay of nine days
in the Albemarle Hospital, where
he underwent an operation.
Moncie Lee Daniels, 111, of N. C.
State College is visiting in Manteo
and Manns Harbor during the hol
ioayt.
Bobby Owens of State College
is v.siting his mother, Mrs. R. V.
Owens.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Brantley
and daughter, Claudia, arrived
last week from Muncy Valley, Pa.,
to visit Mrs. Brantley’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Creedon Midgett,
and Mr. Brantley’s mother, Mrs.
Gladys Brantley.
Mrs. Peggy Etheridge visited
her mother, Mrs. Alethia Sawyer
last week in Portsmouth.
Miss Lelia Ward, who is a stu
dent at Averett College, Danville,
Va., arrived home Thursday to
spend the holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Ward.
Rev. P. M. Porer of Avon was
a visitor in Manteo Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Twiford of
Elizabeh City were here Wednes
day o spend the day wih Capt. and
Mrs. S. G. Basnight. Mrs. Twiford
ies the former, Miss Annabelle
Gates, who attended school here.
ROANOKE ISLAND MUSIC
CLUB MEETS TUESDAY
The Roanoke Island Music Club
held its December meeting Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Victor Meekins, with Mrs. Rennie
Williamson presiding. Mrs. Meek
ins presented three of her pupils
in Piano numbers. Frankie White
played tahe Brahms waltz, Mary
Blanche Meekins played an ex
cerpt from the Hallejuah Chorus
by Handel, and Mrs. Rennie Wil
liamson played the first move
ment of Sonata Opus 10, No. 1
by Beethoven. The other numbers
on the program were Christmas
numbers and were as follows: “O
Holy Night,” sung by Mrs. B. A.
Evans; “Slumber Song of the In
fant Jesus,” sung by Mrs. Frank
Auseband, Mrs. E. R. Wescott and
Mrs. Raymond Wescott; and
“Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” a negro
spiritual sung by Mrs. Frank Aus
band. Mrs. Williamson was ac
companist.
During the social hour refresh
ments in keeping with the Christ
mas season were served.
EXTRA AT POSTOFFICE
ENGELHARD.—The postoffice
in Engelhard is in the throes
of the Christmas rush. Mrs. W. H.
Cox has been added temporarily
to the staff to help expedite the
service.
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Attley Hockaday of Charlotte is
spending a few days here as the
house guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Payne.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gaskill and
children, Linda and Jack, Jr., of
Elizabeth City spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Hooper
and were accompanied home Sun
day by Mrs. Hooper.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spitzer and
son, Steve, of Edenton visited rel
atives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Bell, Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Twiford and children,
Pat and Brantley, and Mrs. Kath
rine O’Keefe of Norfolk spent the
weekend here with Mrs. Florine
Hooper and family.
E. M. Hooper has returned to
Columbia after spending a few
days here with relatives.
Mojor, L. W. Jr., Charles and
Janice Hooper of E. C. C. in Green
ville are spending the holidays at
their homes here.
David Meekins of High Point
College is spending the holidays
at his home here.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hooper were
in Norfolk during the weekend.
.Faye Midgett and Bill Segast
of Norfolk spent the .weekend here.
Carrol Payne of the U. S. Air
Force is spending a few days here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
E. Payne.
Mrs. L. W. Hooper was honored
Saturday night at a surprise birth
day party given by her children,
Lissie and L. W.,Jr.
Mrs. Hooper returned to her
home Saturday night and was sur
prised to find several friends
there wishing her “Happy Birth
day.”
The dining room table was cov
ered with a lovely lace tablecloth
and had a center piece of pine and
red candles, also a lovely birthday
cake.
Several games were played and
refreshments of punch, cake, salted
nuts and mints were served. The
honoree assisted by her grand
children, Linda and Jack, Jr., open
ed the gifts and thanked her
friends for the lovely remem
brances.
Mrs. Frances Hooper was given
an “At Home,” Sunday afternoon
by her daughters, Mrs. Gertrude
Wise and Mrs. Evelyn Meekins,
celebrating her eighty second (82)
birthday.
As the guests arrived they reg
istered in a birthday book and the
gifts were opened and displayed
on a table in the living room. The
house was beautifully decorated
in Christmas decorations.
Birthday cake, punch, nuts and
mints were served by the hostesses.
SALVO BOY IN NAVY
Undergoing 11-weeks recruit
training at the U .S .Naval Train
ing Center, Great Lakes, 111., is
Jethro M. Payne, Jr.,, seaman re
cruit, USN. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jethro Payne of Salvo,
Dare County .
This initial training includes in
struction in such fields as seaman
ship, fire-fighting, gunnerey, sig
naling, and other courses designed
to make the recruit well-versed in
every phase of Navy life.
VACATIONING IN FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Meekins
are spending some time in West
Palm Beach, Fla., residing at 639
Highland Drive. Mr. Meekins, who
ia Vice-President of the Dare
County Chamber of Commerce, is
an active Dare County real estate
man. They expect to be home
about February 1.
OPERATORS FETED
Manteo telephone operators were
the honor guests of the Carolinian
Hotel at Nags Head last Wednes
day and Thursday.
The dinner was given to them
as an award for the good service
rendered the hotel during the rush
summer season.
RODANTHE PERSONALS
Mr.and Mrs. E. R. Midgett left
home a few days ago for Nor
folk to attend the funeral of their
son-in-law’s mother, Mrs. Smith.
Mrs. C. W. Midgett has been
ill at her home for several days.
Mrs. Melvina Midgett and Wood
row Edwards from Norfolk spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Ro
lanthe.
Mrs. Beulah O’Neal arrived
home Monday from the Marine
Hospital, Mrs. O’Neal has been
very ill from an operation.
Mrs. Lurania Midgett who has
been ill at her home here has im
proved.
Mrs. Nora E. Herbert spent
Wednesday night with Mrs. Phe
bie Hayman and family at Nags
Head.
Mr. Herbert K. Midgett, return
ed home from Norfolk Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Road
cap andbaby, Anita, spent the
weekend with Mrs. Roadcap’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Her
bert at Rodanthe.
Jazania Herbert, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Herbert suf
fered severe burns Thursday night
when she started to light an oil
burner in the living room, not
knowing there was some fire there,
when she opened the front of the
stove, fire, oil and smoke shot out
and covered her, and her dad being
near smothered the fire. She was
burned about the face, arms and
hands. She was given first aid
treatment at home, then carried
to the doctor at the Health Cen
ter, in Buxton. She has been im
proving fast.
SALVO PERSONALS
Earl C. Whidbee has returned
home from Southport after visiting
his sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Anderson.
Mrs. Cyrus Gray and daughter,
Penny, are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. Rigby, in Eliza
beth City.
Mr. Tommy Gray has returned
to New London, Conn., after spen
ding a few days with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Gray.
Miss Yvonne Hooper is spending
a few days in Norfolk, with rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Robinson
and boys left Saturday for Anda
lusia, Ala., where they will spend
Christmas with Mr. Robinson’s
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Ed F. Hooper is now employed
with the Curtis Bay towing Co.,
in Norfolk.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
TO ALL
AND ALL GOOD WISHES FOR HAPPINESS
DURING THE COMING
NEW YEAR
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MERRY
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PAGE THREE
Mr. William B. Hooper of Nor
folk is now home after being re
leased from Duke Hospital in Dur
ham, N. C.