December 2010 • Vol. 1, No. 05 A Shoreline Community, Pine Knoll Shores, N.C. Town Hall 247-4353
Mike's Farm - A Holiday Treat
By Cierra Tomaso
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Mike's Farm is a classic example of a fast-evaporating,
old-fashioned coimtry way of life. In addition to regular
tours, every year they host a special presentation of
lights for Christmas, and it is spectacular. Beginning
each evening at 6 p.m., there is a
lighted hayride tour of the farm
(weather permitting), featuring
Christmas lights, a live Nativity
scene and other Christmas
decorations. The cost is $8 per
person (ages 5 and up).
Last year, I went to the light
show. The lights were of high
quality, and I was impressed by
the sheer number of them. It was
very well done. Prior to the light
show, my family and I went to the
farm's bakery and bought some
tasty snacks.
I also got to enjoy a delicious
family-style dinner at the
restaurant there. Severs brought
potatoes and macaroni and
cheese (among other things) to
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the table for everyone to share. The restaurant had
very good desserts too.
I have also been to Mike's Farm for Halloween, to
pick out pumpkins. Hie hayride is just long enough
to be worthwhile without boring
the small children. The farm has
a seemingly endless array of
pumpkins, and I have always
foimd a great pumpkin there.
I would de^itely encourage
you to stop by Mike's Farm
if you haven't yet and see for
yourself. Visit the web site http://
www.mikesfarm.com for more
information and holiday hours.
Shore-line 1973
By Phyllis Makuck
In September, Jack Goldstein kindly gave to the town
back issues ofTheShorelineh.e and his wife had collected
from 1973 to 1985. Since then. Managing Editor Charlie
McBriarty discovered other back issues, so the town
now has a complete Shoreline archive, from 1973 to
2010 (except for brief periods in that timeframe when
the paper was not published).
Last month's edition had a timely historical piece from
1985 on flooding in Pine Knoll Shores. This month, the
staff decided to go back to the begirming—1973.
The first writers/editors of the town's paper were
Betty Hammon and Mary Doll. Unfortunately,
they don't introduce themselves to readers, but do
mention that Carl Hammon was President of Pine
Knoll Association (PKA) Board of Directors and that
Mary's husband. Bill, became one of the town's first
commissioners. No further information is provided
about the Hammons, but there are some further details
about the Dolls. Bill Doll is described as being 47 years
old and as having moved to Pine Knoll Shores, with
Mary, in January 1973, from Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
They had a son, Jon, and daughter, Julie, both living
in Seattle at the time.
The publication of a town paper begins in May
1973, when Betty Hammon and Mary Doll wrote a
one-page letter to Pine Knoll Shores' residents about
the importance of having a regularly pubUshed
"newsletter" for neighbors to get to know one another
and stay in touch with what is happening locally (see
photocopy). Three months later, they produced the
first official edition of Pine KnoZ/ Shore-line—a two-page
9"xl4" single-spaced, mimeographed newsletter. By
the second edition, they had figured that an annual
subscription fee of $2.00 would cover their costs.
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