THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, August 5, 1995               TAG: 9508050284
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
SOURCE: BY PAUL SOUTH, STAFF WRITER 
DATELINE: MANTEO                             LENGTH: Short :   46 lines

LARGE FIELD OF CANDIDATES FACES ELECTIONS ON NOV. 7

Dare County's municipal elections Nov. 7 will feature one of the largest fields in recent history, the county's director of elections said Friday.

Qualifying in municipal races ended at noon Friday.

``This is not the largest field we've ever had, but it's been a heavy turnout,'' said Lynda Midgett, director of elections for the county.

Manteo, the county seat, drew the most candidates. Nine people filed in the race for the town board of commissioners. Former Mayor John Wilson IV and Commissioner Lee Tugwell will vie for the mayor's job.

In Kill Devil Hills, eight candidates are in the commission race. Incumbent Mayor Terry Gray will face Mayor Pro Tempore Duncan Wright for the town's top elective office.

Five candidates are on the ballot for the Nags Head commission race, while four are seeking election to the Southern Shores Town Council.

In Kitty Hawk, incumbents Carl Parrott and Clifton Perry are unopposed in the race for their seats. MEMO: THE RACES

Manteo - Mayor: John Wilson IV, Lee Tugwell.

Commission (3 seats contested): R.W. "Bill" Buell, Dellerva "Dell"

Collins, Mollie A. Fearing, Melvin L. Jackson, Terry McDowell, Sarah

Owens, J. Bowen "Bo" Ross Jr., Stuart Wescott and Bebe B. Woody.

Kill Devil Hills - Mayor: Terry Gray and Duncan Wright.

Commission (2 seats contested): Lurana J. Cowan, Joseph Deneke, James

Dean Hanks, Jackie Lee Harris, George "Buck" Marks, Rex E. Meads,

William R. Morris Jr. and Jeffrey Shields.

Nags Head - Board of Commissioners (2 seats contested): George Farah

III, Wayne Gray, Douglas A. Remaley, Charles B. "Chuck" Thompson and

Harry J. Thompson Jr.

Southern Shores - Mayor: Chosen by majority of council.

Town Council: Gerald J. Beshens, William "Scott" Fletcher, Robert

Kenan Jr, Kern Pitts and Dick Wood.

Kitty Hawk - Town Council (2 seats available): Carl L. Parrott and

Clifton G. Perry. by CNB