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Intracoastal Realty Corporation
is licensed in NC
910-620-8181 (M)
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1-800-533-1840
MikeFarris
Selling Beach & Waterfront Property for 20 years
Wrightsville Beach
10 Palmetto Drive • $789,000
Grandfathered Duplex on large lot (65’ x 95’) with 4 BR, 2 BA
upstairs and 2 BR, 1 BA downstairs. Both currently rented.
Convenient to beach.
SOLD
5412 Pond Drive • $399,000
Fantastic waterfront townhouse with hot tub and 35’ boatslip
right out the back door. Great master suite with whirlpool jacuzzi
shower and spectacular view of the waterway. The home comes
furnished in an exceptional designer look – appliances included.
Community amenities include Tennis and Pool.
SOLD
Tangle Oaks
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
309 N. Channel Drive • $749,000
4-BR, 3.5-BA home located on Harbour Island. Recently renovated
with hardwood floors, gas fireplace, updated kitchen and
master bath with whirlpool tub. Public access to Banks Channel
at street end located across from home.
Buying, Selling, or Investing, Call Mike
www.MikeFarrisRealtor.com
mikefarris@intracoastalrealty.com
Realtor® N.C. License #58623
Rudd told them to call collect,
person-to-person, and ask for
Doctor Rudd.
“I have a person-to-person,
collect call for a Doctor Rudd,”
the operator would say, identifying
the caller by name.
“I’m sorry,” Rudd would say,
“Doctor Rudd is in surgery right
now. If there’s a message, I’d be
glad to pass it along.”
The caller might get in a few
words before the operator terminated the
call, but in that minute or two, Rudd would
have heard from a beach acquaintance that
he had arrived safely, or was doing well in his
new location, or was just calling to say hello.
These calls would come in almost daily,
from around the world, which is how its
reputation as The World Famous Spot was
established.
Rudd did get himself into the Wrightsville
Beach history books once, in 1971, when
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he ran for re-election
as a Wrightsville Beach
Alderman. He had served
a single, four-year term
already and prior to that had
been appointed to fill the
unexpired term of Alderman
Lawrence Rose, who had
resigned.
In June 1971, elections
were held with three men
competing for two seats: incumbents
Rudd and Bob Sawyer and Dr.
Howard Armistead. When the votes were
tallied, Sawyer and Armistead had tallied
231 votes, while Rudd had received only
230. Rudd asked for a recount, and on the
evening of June 5, the ballots were carefully
recounted. Armistead, as it turned out, had
actually received 232 votes, while Rudd and
Sawyer were deadlocked at 231 (these 694
votes, by the way, represented 69 percent
of the eligible electorate on the beach at the
“Bingo” Bryant’s memorabilia.