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not provide. It is also declicatod to enhancing the public enjoyment of
Fort Macon State Park," Among the oificerjs of this nov/ly formed organiza
tion are Pine Knoll Shores residents Dorothy Hassell, and Ed Baker, Doug
Fleming, son of PKS resident, Lib Fleming, is acting chairman. Next meet
ing on June 27j 2:00 pem, at Fort liacon. And Shawnee Spears, Publicity
Chairman, sent this poem ecpecially for those of us vdio live in (or plan to
live in) Pine Knoll Shores
"Pine Knoll Pioneers"
Friends and neighbors of Pine Knoll Shores,
Residing beside the sea,
•Midst yauT)on and cedar v/here seagulls soar.
In splendor stand your family trees.
You bring to this island of mystic charm,
A heritage v/e proudly hail!
r.Tiich blends into the one v/e share,
The "down-east" vie love so well.
You hearty ones with minds so keen
Yet, gentle as the ocean breeze -
Protected by Caioe Lookout’s beam.
Living in Carolina-ease,
'^e need your thoughts, your aptness.
To restore an historic site.
And bring alive this ancient fortr:so,
'.'here our forefathers lived in strife.
Together, they fought! Yours and ours -
To make America great!
Battle-v/orn in stormy shov/ers
Hurled by winds of fate.
They held Fort Macon v/ith mighty strength.
Not yielding to those of hatred.
Behold, this landmark of time's length
Should not crumble! But, it's on the brink.
■•'here, long ago lives \;ere taken.
Rescued now, by FRISjTDS OF FORT i'jACON!
by Shaimee Spears
At the To\m H.^11 ready to ansv/er our questions and hel-p us (and the Tovm) in
many ways are AIL.Iiii^N ADAMS and ^TLLIS, Aileen is our Tov/ii Clerk
and Tax Collector, does the tov/n book i/ork, and is a notary public as well.
She hails originally from Fayetteville and graduated from Rov/an Co mmity
College in Salisbury, so she is a North Carolinian born and bred, Aileen
came to Morehead City in 19^7 \-;hen she married P.Adams. They have a
married daughter and tv;o grandsons and a second daughter who v/ill be a
senior at ^^est Carteret High next year. After working for the town in
Morehead City for eight years, Aileen came to Pine Knoll Shores just tv/o
months after our town was incorporated. For her first nine months here,
she worked in the toivn office which Ruth Bray provided at tiie Atlantis Lodge,
Aileen loves her job because she enjoys the people who coD-e in and because
she has found the Commissioners, both past and present, to b, grand people.
She thinks Pine Knoll Shores has made gr,at progress and has moved ahead
fast..r than laany tovms established earlier. Hobbies - she loves to read
and is a crossword ipuzzle fiend, but most of all she lik s to spend her free
time v/ith her family.
iiargaret and .'11 Wyllie moved to Willow Drive from Cranford, N.J. Margaret
i/as a Hew Jorrey native from Rahv/ay, S "he and A1 have two children, a boy
ond a girl, and three grandchildren. She enjoys needlework and garden v/ork,
loves to road, and says she "dabbles" in oils. Like Aileen, she enjoys
lDeo]ple. She told us that they have so many calls that they sometimes think
of the Tov/n Hall as an Information Center, They even directed a wandering
bus which had strayed dovm to our Tovm Hall looking for Fort Macon,
TAX/IS - Tovm taxes for 1976 are 99«3S% paid. Cheers!!!
The Town Hall staff has asked us to remind you that you m.ust have a Pine
Imoll Shor^s parking dicker to park at any of the beach or park areas be-
longing to either association. If you live in the PIKSCO area, get your
sticker from iiary Cath..rine Sm.ith. For Pine ICnoll A;^sociation members,
stickers should be secured from Elizabeth Anyone going to town hall
to ask about x^arking stickers v/ill be referred, to one of these ladies,
according to \:hcre his lot is. It is much easier for Town Hall to refer
you if you vd.ll tell th. m your lot number so that they can t 11 immediat,ely
\/hich a.ssociation should issue your parking ;±icker.