Ocracoke Island Insights and Oddities Across Time
A collage of notes paints Ocracoke life with no police or cars yet a lively island tale. Diverse island families trace ties to historic seafaring figures as residents recall pirates, Blackbeard links, Elizabethan speech, and Fourth of July pony branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
C. F. Boyette
Ocracoke
Howards
Wahabi
William Howard
Blackbeard
Ahab Wahab
England
Border Patrol Fears Canadian Border Cut Could Boost Smuggling
U S Customs officials warn that budget cuts threatening to fire about 200 customs border patrolmen on the Canadian boundary may relax enforcement. The strain already shows in other ports with weighings dropped and invoice weights used for duties, risking a surge of narcotics and illegal goods across the frontier. The Mexican border will not be reduced, but experts fear Canada could become the more troubled boundary if cuts proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Customs Service
Canadian
W. R. Johnson
Commissioner of Customs
New York
Johnson
Boston
400 4-H Members Name 25 Leaders
In Jackson county a special election named over 400 4-H club boys as leaders for the groups. The appointees include Alford S L Hatton J P Cone Sr Bascom J T Hagler J C Wise Central Aubrey Hudson Campbellton J E Fillingim J H Maddox Cottondale Hughes Holley Edward Shores Cherokee C O Allen Dellwood J J Bozeman Grand Ridge Willard Durden C A Dixon Greenwood L A Spencer R A Willis Srr Kynesville Claude Edenfield Malone M H H
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianna
Jackson County
Alford
S. L. Hatton
J. P. Cone
Bascom
J. T. Hagler
J. C. Wise
Central
Aubrey Hudson
Campbellton
J. E. Fillingim
J. H. Maddox
Cottondale
Hughes Holley
Edward Shores
Cherokee
C. O Allen
Dellwood
J. J. Bozeman
Grand Ridge
Willard Durden
C. A. Dixon
Greenwood
L. A. Spencer
R.A. Willis
Srr
Kynesville
Claude Edenfield
Malone
M. HH
Also Mentioned on This Page
Australia
Florida
Coast Guard
U.S. Navy
France
Chelsea
London
America
Vic Donahue
Judas
Jesus
Peter
Jesus of Nazareth
Border Patrol
Douglas Larsen
Washington
NEA
U. S. Border Patrol
Canada
4-H
Fragrance At
Cologne
By Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein
Dlambergt
Binley
Adda
Steel Head
Chicken Feathers
Allstate
Sears
Gabardine
Sale
W. Main
Seine
Crafteman Qual
Flamex Glass
Feds
Caran
Crafteman
Rhett
Alze
Orlee
Beni
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