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April 2007 • Vol. 3, No. 10 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.
Town Hall 247-4353
Arbor Day Tribute - Members of Pine Knoll Assn. and PKS Garden Club gathered
at Hall Haven Marina on Arbor Day March 16 to plant a tree in memory of former
PKA president and town commissioner Jay Kocher who passed away a year ago. It
was one of three Arbor Day events held in town. Earlier in the day the garden club
sponsored ceremonies at Salter Path Road and Mimosa Drive where trees were planted
in memory of Joan Bone and Kit Fredman, members who passed away recently.
And finally, at town hall, the Community Appearance Commission conducted
ceremonies at which a tree and a memorial stone were dedicated to the memory
of Kit Fredman. The gathering also took note of the fact that Pike Knoll Shores has
again been designated as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Federation.
See related story on Page 9.,
Marina Bears Town Planner's Name
By Dick Reeves
Did you know that Teddy Roosevelt, town now enjoys.
Ill and two of his kin used to own what We all owe a great deal of debt to
is now Pine Knoll Shores? Did you know these visionaries and plan to tell you
more about them
in future issues.
This installment
will tell you a little
about A. C.(Alton
Carlyle) Hall,
the healthy and
vigorous 80-year-
old owner and
proprietor of the
Atlantis Lodge,
a very special
resort motel on
a beautifully
wooded,
oceanfront site that
is more like a private club than a hotel.
The Atlantis is personally staffed by A.
C., his wife Dot, his daughter Dorma and
ten other great employees.
Hall bought the Atlantis property from
Shelby Freeman in 1960. The Atlantis
(Marina Bears) Continued on Page 6
that the Roosevelts
hired Ted Hearth
to develop much
of their property?
Did you know that
Hearth hired A. C.
Hall,whosefamily
built and owns the
Atlantis Lodge
in PKS, to do the
planning for the
development?
Later, when Don
Brock was the
engineer for the
canal that threads
through the eastern end of the town.
Hearth hired Brock to be the salesman for
the development. George McNeil was their
attorney and Charles King their surveyor.
These are some of the people behind the
names Hall Haven, Brock Basin, Hearth
Cove, McNeil inlet and other facilities the
A. C. & Dot Hall
Retiring Marine Administrator
Named First Town Manager
By Bill White
A Marine Corps lieutenant colonel
with a master's degree in public
administration has been chosen to serve
as the first town manager in the 34-year
history of Pine Knoll Shores.
Brian J. Kramer
was named
to the post by
a unanimous
5 to 0 vote of
the board of
commissioners
at a brief session
prior to the
board's annual
planning retreat
Mar. 15 at the
Trinity Center.
By the time you
read this he will
have retired
from the Marine
Corps (as of
May 1) and is
scheduled to
assume his
duties in PKS
May 14.
Kramer was awarded a three-year
contract at a base salary of $70,000 a year.
It also provides for a $300 a month travel
allowance and the same benefits available
to other town employees. He was one
of 30 applicants for the town manager
position. Commissioners narrowed the
field to four and interviewed three of
those, with Kramer being the only one
recalled for a second interview.
The town manager position was
created last year when the town board
Brian J. Kramer
voted to switch from the mayor/
council to the council/manager form
of government. That action was later
ratified by PKS voters in a referendum at
the November General Election. Former
Town Administrator Betty Carr has
been serving as
interim town
manager since
Jan. 1. She
will assist in
the transfer of
responsibility
to Kramer and
will likely be
given new
duties.
Under
the council/
manager form
of government
the town
manager is
responsible
for hiring and
firing. The town
administrator
did not have
that authority. In advocating the change
of government town officials indicated
they felt that the increasing complexity
of handling municipal affairs in an
evolving community such as Pine Knoll
Shores required the involvement of a
fulltime professional with the training
and experience to not only serve locally
but interact with agencies at all levels of
government.
A native of New Jersey, Kramer, in his
(Town Manager) Continued on Page 10
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