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NEW RESIDEI'ITSi BOB and ELIZABETH AMES are settling into their home on
White Ash, The house is made even more attractive by examples of
Elizabeth's needlepoint and e.uibroidery, She has both taught these
crafts and 4nToyo.:. doing them herself . She saya that Bob's hobby is
learning new thiii/v»i such as area fishing techniques or how to open
oysters, Tbeir daughter Sarah lives with them, and their puppy, one
of Ben’s offspring, (Remamber him - the friendly Labrador whom we
all knew on the beach last summer?)
Mary and Bill Doll are in Europe, and living in their house are MARJ
and FRANK .JOHNSON, The Johnsv'^ns' home on Oakleaf Drive is under
construction. They came here from Glenview, Illinois where Frank was
in advertising, Marj says he is a **creative director now turned
woodsman.** They have two sons and a daughter, their youngest, who Is
In college,
Ed and Alice Close will soon be back to decide on interior details of
their home now going up on Walnut Circle, Ed will retire in about a
ydar, and their house on the canal will be ready for them,
Audrey and Ken Hoffmeyer are building on Pecan Court, They have cleared
much of the land themselves and work like mad on their new home all
the time they are down here,
MEET THE C/J^BELLS: Captain Jackie and Major Jim Campbell of the U,S,
Marine Corps live on Loblolly in PKS and work at Cherry Point, Daugh
ter of a Master Sergeant in the Marines, and originally from Wilmington,
N,C,, Jackie went to ECU, majored in phys ed, worked for a while at a
YWCA, suddenly realized she missed Marine life, so joined, Jim, from
Seattle, found his way into the Marine Corps when he was eligible for
flight training after having enlisted in the Navy at 18, He was
comrnj.iicloned and chose the Marines, eventually elected to make military
life, his career. The two met in the service, 'Uoln the Marine Corps
and get Issued a wife!** laughs Jim,
Jim*s favotite thing is flying, and he points out that he can do the
most flying by being in the Marines where he is currently a jet bomber
pilot with access to the best planes in the world. Besides flying and
instructing^, Jim Is the officer in charge of the **Trainee Management
Eleraeat, nu\nber 21’* which involves the training of young marines coming
in with flying related Interests,
Jackie is an administrative officer, the commanding officer of women
marines, detachment 2, There are approximately 125 women marines at
Charry Point, Besides, Jackie also handles housing and supervision of
the small group of WAVES stationed there.
The Campbells are service oriented, but they have chosen to live off
the base in an effort to add another dimension to their lives* They
love their boat which they launch in the canal behind their house, and
they are surrounded by beautiful cats.
Note: Jim still outranks Jackie which amuses them both apparently and
Is not a bit unsettling. Eventually they plan to retire to Whldbey
Island, Washington, where they have some property - they are very young,
but in the military you can retire and start over on a whole second
**thlng*‘, and that is exactly what Jackie and Jim have in mind. Get to
know them; they are refreshingly vital and sparkly,
TRAVELERS: The Cades of Pecan Court are just back from a three month
trip around the world. They flew to Hawaii, Japan, Indonesia where
daughter Barbara and her husband Bob Pringle live in Jakarta (he is on
the embassy staff), Thailand, India, Iran, Istanbul, and Portugal where
they relaxed on the Algarve coast before coming back to the rush of
the holiday season.
And from Mary Doll - From your editor abroad: (The Pine Knoll Shore
Line is certainly the smallest newspaper in the world to have a foreign
correspondent) ,,, First there was the Icelandic flight. We were
doing our thing that we*d never managed to do at the age of the many
rumpled yet happy kids who were riding with us. It was indeed a
ffiotley group; across the aisle sat a handsome giant of a white-haired
man, 89 years old, an actor. Beside us was one of the funniest, most