FRIDAY. JUNE 28. 195?
fey GLORIA WRIG HT
Nofed Homemaking Authority
How to Enjoy Entertaining
The secret of enjoying enter
taining is to have fun at your
own parties. “How so?” you
ask, "with so much work and
preparation.”
Part of the answer, I believe,
is a matter of attitude. If you
approach a party feeling sorry
for yourself because there is so
much work to do and apprehen
sive of how it is going to turn
out, your party is doomed from
the start.
One of the most difficult roles
in entertaining has been solved
by a young newly-married couple
I know. They handle the old bug
aboo of graciously playing host
to in-laws this way.
“First of all,” says Mary shy
ly, “whether it is my family or
Don’s who are coming to visit, I
try to put myself out to make
everyone feel welcome. And I
mean put myself out—not knock
myself out. I know I’m not an
experienced cook, so I do my cul
inary experimenting on Don.
When company comes, I stick to
the dishes we’ve already tried
that I’m sure I can prepare suc
cessfully. Thanks to some won
derful wedding presents and
some wise shopping, most of our
cooking utensils are in stainless
steel. Everyone knows that this
makes cooking and cleaning up
easier. What surprised and
pleased me though, is the number
of stainless steel items that are
sb beautifully designed I can
whisk them right from the oven
to the table to double as serving
dishes. They look elegant and
save me work.
“Our stainless steel flatware
and holloware are god-sends for
entertaining because they never
need polishing. They are just as
bright and sparkling as when
OCRACOKE PERSONALS
1 Ocracoke. June 24.—Mrs. Katie
O’Neal was taken to Atlantic Sat
urday night on the Coast Guard
picket boat and from there by am
bulance to Sea Level hospital. Di
agnosis by a visiting doctor indi
cated the possibility of bronchial
pneumonia.
7«ir. and Mrs. Lawton Howard of
Prospect Park are occupying their
new home her®.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kennedy and
children are visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Howard.
Mr. and Mrs. Z. S. Williams have
as visitors their son, Troy Wil
liams, and Mrs. Williams, and
friends, Mrs. May Ward and Miss
Marian Ward, of Wilmington.
Rev. Frank T. Fulcher of Rich
mond visited relatives and friends
here this past week end after a
week of revival services in Atlan
tic. He preached at the Sunday
night service at the Methodist
Church.
Mrs. Annie Phillips of Washing
ton, N. C., has been spending sev
eral days at Sound Front Inn and
enjoying some fishing with Capt.
Thurston Gaskill in the Southwind.
Major and Mrs. William Biehl
and children of Cherry Point spent
several days last week at the How
ard cottage. Major Biehl stated
that for two or three years he has
been flying jet planes over Ocra
coke Island, but this was his first
“landing” and that it was inter
esting to see Ocracoke village, since
he has often wondered just what
might be down below him as he
passed swiftly over the island.
Col. Mike Cochran, brother of
Bill Cochran, and his wife and
children are at Hotel Silverlake,
Col. Cochran during a brief fur
lough from duty and Mrs. Ann
Cochran for the summer, to assist
Bill and Ruth Cochran at the hotel.
Major General Ira T. Wyche and
Mrs. Wyche of Pinehurst spent a
few days recently with his sister,
Mrs. Murray Tolson.
Several summer visitors have
come from Portsmouth, Virginia,
this summer. Mrs. Mack McCarty
and party flshed with Capt. Oscar
'Burrus on June 18th and caught
seven medium size cobia. The par
ty occupied the trailer at Mrs. Lil
lian Simpson’s cottage here.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilder vis
ited his father in Norfolk recently
and enjoyed trips with him to Wil
liamsburg and Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Graydon King and sons.
Graydon, Jr. and Lindon Paul of
High Point, are visiting Mrs. Annie
Garrish. «
Miss Fannie Peal Fulcher left
on Sunday for New York, planning
to sail this week for the Scandi
navian countries. She will also vis
it Mrs. TJjomas Cunningham and
other members of the Cunningham
family in England. Mrs. Cunning
ham is the wife of Lt. Thomas
Cunningham, deceased, who is bur
ied in the British Graveyard at
Ocracoke. He was one of four Brit
ish neamen on HMS Bedfordshire,
torpedoed off Ocracoke during May
1942, whose bodies are buried here.
Rev. W. R, Hale left today to
attend the East Carolina Confer
ence of the Methodisty Church at
New Bern. Mrs. Hale is visiting
her sister in Manteo this week.
Little Beverly Preston was flown
to Tayloe Hospital in Washing
ton, N. C.. on Saturday, but was
able to return Sunday, haVing re
covered from what was thought to
they were baand new. This is
one important way that I avoid
the frantic, last-minute rush that
can make entertaining a chore
instead of a pleasure.
“Flowers create a festive at
mosphere. But instead of blow
ing our budget (which always
seems to be a target for well
intended in-laws) on florists, we
keep a few window boxes of vir
tually indestructible common
flowers like marigolds, pansies
and pinks. I find fun in arrang
ing these little spots of color in
unusual containers. Every newly
married couple has received wed
ding gifts that on first glance
seemed useless and inappropri
ate. A pewter inkwell and an
antique egg warmer which we
received, that I initially scorned,
are now two of my favorite
flower containers. Another “fun”
arrangement is to make twin
bouquets in both the top and the
bottom of a stainless steel cov
ered dish we have.
“Very often we invite to fam
ily gatherings some of our young
friends who are good mixers.
You’d be surprised how they
perk up the party. Some of the
old stand-by family jokes find
a new and appreciative audi
ence.”
Wise little hostess, this one.
Her formula for happy enter
taining is simple. She plans food
she knows she can prepare well;
she makes full use of her modem
stainless steel tableware and
kitchen equipment so she won’t
be tired and tense; she adds
original decorations that are
within her budget; and she se
lects guests who will enjoy one
I another. Does she have fun at
her own parties? You bet she
does.
be an attack of appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Preston are
leaving this week for Fairmont,
West Virginia, with his father,
brother, and sister, who have been
visiting them here.
Mrs. Rella Smith of Beaufort is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Fannie
O’Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rhine and
son, Don, of Baltimore, Maryland,
are back for a visit, staying at the
Walter C. O’Neal home.
Mrs. Edith Simpson of Wild
wood, N. J., is visiting Mrs. Maggie
O’Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Tribble
and daughter of Chattanooga,
Tennessee, Mrs. Irene N. Stupp of
Stroudsburg, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Wooten and children of Ahos
kie, and Mrs. Clyde Wooten and
daughter, Elizabeth, of Raleigh
are at the Howard Tourist Home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Beal and fam
ily of Washington, D. C„ have ar
rived at Wahab Village Hotel for
their annual summer vacation at
Ocracoke.
Mr. and Mrs. Murray T. Casey
and daughter, Nancy, of Norfolk
are visiting Mr. Casey’s sister,
Mrs. Thurston Gaskill and Capt.
Gaskill. This is Mrs. Casey’s first
visit to Ocracoke and Mr. Casey’s
first in 11 years. Therefore they
were delighted to catch seven
eobia and a number of blues and
flounder while fishing with Capt.
and Mrs. Gaskill on the South
wind. Mrs. Casey landed a 26 lb.
cobia.
HYDE 4-H'ERS TAKE PART
IN DISTRICT CONTESTS
f
Miss Jean Woodley, Hyde Coun
ty home agent, has announced the
winners in the county 4-H club
elimination contest held last week
in Swan Quarter.
Emily Lou Cahoon and Rosiland
Harris, both of the Swan Quarter
club, were named the dairy foods
demonstration team to compete
with teams from other counties in
the district. First place winners in
the dress revue was Susan Gay
lord, with Ann Gibbs placing sec
ond, and Janet Spencer, third. Sus
an will model at the State Dress
Revue in. Raleigh during state 4-H
Club Week. All of the girls took
part in the revue at the 4-H dis
trict elimination contest held in
Washington on Wednesday. In a<f
dition, Susan Gaylord, Janet Spen
cer, and Nancy Gibbs participated
in the talent show which was a
feature of the day.
Hyde County boys were aliso rep
resented at the district meeting in
Washington. Andy Harris and Joe
“Henry Bishop gave a demonstra
tion on “The Value of Surface
Litter.”
Mrs. Woodley is now working
with her 4-H’ers in preparation for
camp at Manteo beginning July
Bth.
A. L. A. MEETING
The Hyde County American
Legion Auxiliary Post No. 211 met
on Monday night at the Commu
nity Building. Newly elected offi
cers were installed as follows:
president, Mrs. Rebecca Spo tanski;
vice-president, Mrs. Pauline Ma
son; secretary, Mrs. Chas. Swin
dell; treasurer, Mrs. Amy Lee
Patrick. Chairmen of the various
committees were appointed. Mrs.
Guy Gibbs and Mrs. Amy Lee
Patrick were joint hostesses.
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