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NEW BUILDING INSPECTOR SETTLES IN
Roy Brownlow, our new Building Inspector, is busy getting his office M
in order at the Town Hall. We visited him a few days after he started *
and found him well organized already. His certificates are posted on the
wall and pictures of his wife, Joy, and his 14-month-old son, Tyler, grace
his shelves. The office is his!
Roy is something of a rarity in that he is a native of Bogue Banks,
having been born and brought up in Emeraldlsle where he still lives. This
is where he got his start as a surfer. He has traveled to many places
to compete — including Hawaii — and was East Coast surfing champion at one
time. In order to support this pastime he began working in construction
and found that he liked it. He began to study, obtained several certificate
including drafting, and has his eye on at least 15 more certificates at
this time. He worked as a sub-contractor before he obtained the Level I
Building inspector license which qualifies him for his job here. Not
stopping there, he is a probationary II already. Before coming here he
served a year as a building inspector for the County.
Roy is pleased to be working here in Pine Knoll Shores where standards
are high. He has always considered it the epitome of "quality coastal
development!" He looks forward to meeting the people of Pine Knoll Shores
and hopes that they will feel free to share their comments and observations
with him.
We wish him well.
MARY KORFF
OUR NEW NEIGHBORS ^
At the time of this interview, Patti and Charlie Swetz had been livin^J
here in "retirement" for 7 weeks and they were still trying to find time
enough to do all the things they thought they would be doing once they
reached that happy state! But right away you can see that they are not
the "retiring" kind. You get the feeling they will always be busy.
The Swetz bought their Arborvitae house three years ago and waited
impatiently in Bladwin, N. Y. for the day they could retire, sell their
Baldwin house and take up residence here on the Pine Knoll Shores Canal.
Once here there was lots to do to put the house in the dream house condition
they wanted for it. When I came to call I found Charlie setting pavement
tiles and Patti greeting me with a paint brush in hand! They were working
right up to the minute I was expected. But they willingly dropped every
thing and, along with their lab, Luci [short for "Lucifer" which they would
have called her had she been a boy] greeted me warmly. They're friendly--
and flexible.
I learned that Patti and Charlie met when both of them worked for
the N. Y. Telephone Company. Charlie retired from the same company some
33 years later although he did transfer once to ATST and then back again.
Patti left the company to raise her family and later worked for the Baldwin
School system tracking down truants, among other duties.
The family consists of Richard, with IBM and living in New York, and
Sharon, who is married and has just left this country to live in New Zealand
for a couple of years. The Swetz are looking forward to a visit there
you can bet!
It was Sharon who steered them here to Pine Knoll Shores in the first^B
place some six years ago. She was at Duke getting her degree in Hospital
Administration and had no summer vacation. She suggested that they come