Where in Carolina Country is This?

The May “Where Is This” photo by Wake Electric member Laurence Pearlman features an old classic neon sign for the Pine View Motel just north of Kenly on US Highway 301, just over the Johnston/Wilson County line and near the Tobacco Farm Life Museum. The motel bar is still open, reports Laurence, but the motel itself hasn’t registered a guest in quite a while. Pine View must have been a popular motel name — answers came in for Spruce Pine, New London and a few other places across the state (and even one or two south of the border). The winning entry chosen at random from all correct submissions came from Paula Dunham of Linden, a Brunswick Electric member.