During my interview with Mr. Neil Daniels, what he remembered the most was that there was no electricity or indoor plumbing, like we are use to today.  He also said that there were very few cars on Cedar Island when he was a little boy.  They didn't have many toys to play with either.  He and his friends would play ball in the dirt road and would have to stop when a car would come by.  He also remembered going to school in the old school building that use to be right behind my house.  He went to Atlantic School when he was a little older.
    I also asked him if he could remember the '33 Storm (1933 hurricane).  He told me that he was born right in the middle of the bad storm.  Almost everything his family had at the time was destroyed.  His mother told him that the first thing he had to drink was water that was squeezed from a pillow that was put in the window to keep the rain out.  His whole family was very lucky to survive.
    Mr. Neil told me that when he was growing up, there were three stores on Cedar Island.  One of the stores was owned by his Aunt Dora Day.  He also said that there were two more, one owned by Monroe Gaskill and the other was Herbert Styron's (everyone called him Hubert, even his mother).  These stores were where most of the people bought their supplies.
    When I asked about when the marsh road was built, Mr. Neil couldn't really remember the exact date.  He thought it was in the late 1920's or early 1930's.  He was too young at the time to remember much about it.  He did say that a lot of things on Cedar Island have changed since he was a boy.  There is a high rise bridge that you have to go over before you get onto the marsh road. There are more educational opportunities today and technology has changed a lot.  We also have more appliances and life is easier today than when he was little.
    I learned a lot about how Cedar Island used to be and how much it has changed over the years.  I feel lucky to have all of the luxuries we have today and wouldn't want to have lived back then.
 

T. Brittingham
 
 

Herbert Styron's  Store (closed)	Monroe Gaskill Memorial Bridge

Cedar Island had two black people: Jane Ann and Jim Downing. They are buried at the end of Lola Road.

L. Brown
 

Primitive Baptist Church	New Cedar Island Methodist Church

Pilgrims' Rest Freewill Baptist Church

 
 

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