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| About Floyd's 1921 Restaurant in historic Morehead City, NC |
- The house at the corner of 4th and Bridges street in
Morehead City, now Floyd's 1921 Restaurant, was built as
a private residence in 1921 for Joseph Cleophas Long and
family. Mr. Long was the Manager of a lumber business in
the area and was associated with the Morehead City
Manufacturing Company. The old saw mill was located
directly behind this house.
His home was a gracious one, in traditional Southern style.
His wife Susan Emma (known as "Sudie", and to others as
"Miss Emma") was a descendant of the prominent Bell family
of Carteret County. She saw to it that the home was well
decorated and the four children well dressed, ordering the
latest fashions on occasion to be delivered by boat from
New Bern.
- The house is remembered by many Morehead students as the
home of the eldest daughter, Ola Sudie Long. "Miss Ola"
was a devoted teacher, primarily of the 5th grade, who never
married but lived out her life here in her parents home. Her
brother, Ira Clinton Long, became a medical doctor and had
his own home by the time this house was built for his father.
Shortly after moving here, one of Miss Ola's sisters, Marie
Emma Long, began planning her wedding. In 1923 she
married Luther Hamilton, who served multiple terms in the
North Carolina State Legislature. The baby sister, Ruth
Elaine Long, was still a little girl when her parents brought
her to this new home. Years later, she married Zeb Grantham
of New Bern, who was a musician.
- But townsfolk know it was "Miss Ola" who lived here for a
quarter century. Morehead City Graded School had first
opened it's doors in the Fall of 1908, the same year that
Joseph Long moved his family from the Harlowe community
to their first home in Morehead City. Miss Ola, a graduate of
Louisburg College, began her teaching career in the new
school that very year. A few years later, in 1921, the family
moved into their new home on Bridges Street. Miss Ola
continued teaching in Morehead for 37 years, retiring in 1945
because of illness.
She is remembered for her gentleness and patience with
generations of Morehead City youth.
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