Gamen Club
By Yvette Bannen
President Martha Edwards conducted the April meeting of the Garden
Club on a bus returning from a field trip to Wilmington. We were blessed
with a pretty day for trooping around looking at new and interesting plants
at three locations.
Forty people boarded the bus at town hall, 22 from the Garden Club
and 20 from the Women’s Club. Hostesses had prepared a “goodie” bag,
containing snacks and information, that was waiting on, our seat on the bus.
The first stop was in Pender County at Poplar Grove Plantation, where
there was a Farmers’ Market oathe grounds. After visiting the various
stalls, we headed to the picnic tables and had lunch.
The next stop was at the New Hanover County Arboretum in
Wilmington. It encompasses seven acres of gardens and plantings that
demonstrate the best plant species for southeastern North Carolina. Plants
were available for sale.
On the return back to Pine Knoll Shores, we stopped at Pender Pines
Garden Center in Hampstead, where there was a dazzling array of pots,
yard art and many, many more plants. When we left the garden center, the
baggage area of the bus was filled with plants of every description.
Once everybody settled
down. President Martha Edwards
•conducted the April business
meeting and reminded members
about the Tree City Fair at tow'n
hall on April 30 and when to
drop off our plants for the plant
sale. After the meeting was
adjourned, the hostesses passed
out more snacks. There were also
some drawings for door prizes,
including two donated plants from
Pender Pines Garden Center.
The next meeting will be on
May 11. Tia Douglass, who is a
certified Master Bee-keeper and
a member of the Cr>'stal Coast
Beekeepers Association, will talk
about the secret life of bees and
their impact on the environment.
Refreshments will be served at
9:30 a.m., and the program will be
at 10 a.m. Residents and visitors
are invited to join Garden Club
members to learn about these
important workers.
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PKS Historical Collection
By Phyllis Makuck
Last September, a small group, hosted by Town Manager Brian Kramer, Com
missioner Clark Edwards and long-time town employee Betty Carr, met at the
Crystal Coast Country Club for a discussion of Pine Knoll Shores’ history. In the
group were early players in the town’s development—Vernon Schrum, lack Gold
stein, John Barnes, Carolyn Moran and David Waller. Many brought with them
documents and photographs. And so, an interest in having a way of preserving the
town’s history began.
More recently, A.C. Hall, owner of the Atlantis Lodge, who created plans for the
central section of Pine Knoll Shores, donated aerial photographs, maps and other
papers representing ideas accepted and rejected as the town developed. A need to
put these valuable historical documents together with what was donated earlier and
make information in them available to residents and future historians has motivat
ed an interest in developing an historical committee or commission. Such an entity
would assume responsibility for the current collection and future additions to it.
An exploratory group met on Tuesday April 5 at town hall. Brian Kramer led
the meeting. Betty Carr, Clark Edwards, Martha Edwards, Kathy Foy, Bill Foy, Ted
Lindblad, Walt Zaenker, Michele Powers and I were present. Annette Thompson,
who has owned property on Knollwood Drive since 1957 and currently works with
the New Bern Historical Society, joined in by conference call.
After reviewing a framework for establishing an historical committee, consider
ing do’s and don’ts of managing a collection and agreeing on the appropriateness of
organizing under the town’s oversight, Kramer said he would introduce the subject
at a Board of Commissioners’ meeting. In the meantime, a number of those attend
ing, including Walt Zaenker, Clark Edwards, Ted Lindblad, Michele Powers and
Kathy and Bill Foy, agreed to begin the delicate task of identifying donated materi
als. Edwards and Lindblad would also help Kramer investigate how other towns are
managing their historical records.
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