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A member of Ocracoke's mounted Boy Scout Troop 290 back in the 1950s, Rudy Austin rears up his horse, Diablo, for 'Boys Life' photographer Bob Brooks. It took several tries before they got this photo, Rudy said. by Connie Leinbach A lifelong Ocracoke Islander, Rudy Austin has seen a lot of change on this small…
Ocracoke Islander Dr. Frederic Ballard Westervelt Jr., 91, died April 16. He was the husband of Ernestine Meyer Henry Westervelt. Born June 11, 1931, at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., he was a son of the late Dr. Frederic Ballard Westervelt of the U.S. Army Medical Corps and Elizabeth Ziegler Westervelt. He attended…