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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 Vol 22 No 1 Winter ~, , ;':."':? ....~, c. I , ~1mIl !I I Speedy Mettler Photo 2 Fishers Island Ga:.ette- Willler 1008 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: Island life depends heavily on the sup- pan of those around us, especially in times of crisis. Last July [2007] I had my own little crisis, and I wam {O thank all of those who helped me through it. My "crisis" was actually a fairly ridicu- lous accident, in which I tripped over my own feet, smashing my face into the road, while walking by my house. Three stitches later, a busted lip and a chipped {Ooth don't seem like rhar big a deal, but at the time, a lot of gushing blood and a hysterical mother made it seem like a much greater issue. John Dwire, an off-duty EMT from the mainland, who is also a son-in-law of Summer 2008 Gazette Deadline: April 20, 2007 The Fishers Island Gazette is an in- dependent not-far-profit publication initiated with a grant from the Sanger Fund and sustained with subscription and advertising revenue. It is published twice a year. Editor Betty Ann Rubinow Contributors in this Issue E.B. Bartels,John Briggs Jane Crary,Jessica Hulslander Leila Iladley Luce Carol Ridgway, Allison Sargent Thelma Hedge Sha\\-; Cyuthia Riley Photographer Emeritus Albert H. Gordon Controller Su-Ann Seidl Newsstand Sales Patty Cook Circulation Support William C. Ridgway III SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE $15 PER YEAR. IT'S EASY, JUST HAlLA CHECK TO THE GAZETTE! Gene and Marry Litch, was the first to ar- rive. Even though he was on vacation, his professionalism and care were phenomenal. His calm nature brought perspective to the scene, and he was able to organize the mess, blood and chaos, assess the situation, and keep everything under control. The Island EMTs were the next great help. Carol Giles, Tracy Brock, Jack Rari- don, Debbie Doucette, Joe Hirschfeld and others (although in my woozy, bloody state I couldn't recall exactly who they were) ar- rived promptly. They knew exactly what to do at all times and did it before I even real- ized what they were doing. They toO treated my situation with the utmost professional- ism and care, and took me to the doctor's office, never once without respect or con- cern. Dr. Maria Frank is the final person I would like to thank. It was she who put the three stitches in my lip, wiped the blood from my face, and assured my mother that I did not have a concussion. I am so glad that the on-Island doctor is an ER physician who knows how to act in times of crisis. Dr. Frank's soothing, it's-okay-you're-gonna-live approach calmed both my mother and me considerably. This was my first big medical issue on Fishers Island. I am so grateful that every- one involved was as kind, professional and compassionate as they possibly could be. Thank you for never once making me feel like the idiot I was for tripping over my own two feet. Sincerely, Elizabeth "E.B." Andersen Bartels Co..,er Pi<:lures Speedy Menler captured these osprey images at 2:30 p.m. July 1, 2007 at the east end of the driving range. The osprey was an endangered species in the 1970s due to DOT cOlHamination, which caused eggshells to be so thin that they would break under the weight of the nesting female. The osprey is now a frequent sight on Fishers Island. It is [he only bird of prey that plunges into the water to feed. With a wingspan of 4.5-6 feet, it hovers, then slices through the water feet first to capture fish. Ospreys can live 20 years but cannot swim. They have been known to drown, if their talons get stuck in a fish too large to lift out of the water. ~ . c . ~ ~ .. 8 ~ c g ~ . The massive Royal Caribbean cruise ship E.xplorer of the Seas heads into New London Harbor at sunrise Sept. I, 2007.The ship, which docked at the State Pier, carries approx. 3000 passengers (1800 of whom were estimated to have gone ashore) and 1200 crew. Onlookers noted that the top of the ship was nearly eye level with drivers on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge. New London is becoming a regular port of call among cruise lines largely due to the efforts of the Connecticut Cruise Ship Task Force. rJJ)i Call or email the editor for IJ~ I r-, information about advertis- ~fS' ing or editorial content: win- . ter 860-633-8200; summer 631-788-7893; figazette@cox.net. The Gazette appreciates and relies upon editorial contributions from the com- munity. We reserve the right to edit copy and regret that we cannot run every story and occasionally must hold copy for future issues. lH"ter lOOS-Fishen Is/and Gazette 3 East End Re<<:reational PatL Ali....e &. Well With overwhelming commu- nity support and the bulk of its funding in place, the East End recreational path is projected to open in 2009. "h's incredible how broad the support has been within the community," said Larry Creel, co-chair with John McGillian of the Fishers Island Recreational Path Founda- granted FIRPF tax-exempt status May 9, 2002, with full recognition that the path would be open only to residents of Fishers Island, their families and guests, and to resi- dents of the Town of Southold and its sur- rounding hamlets. The FIRPF board was stunned, there- fore, when a sharply critical opinion piece appeared Sept. 24, 2003 in The Day ques- FIRPF then turned its anemion to fund-raising and also met widl every land- owner along the path. The main road is 18 feet wide, but FIOCO owns a total width of 40 feet, measured from the cemer line. The remaining II feet on either side of the road, while it might appear to belong to in- dividual property owners, actually belongs to FIDCO. " .2 ;; ~ " , o ~ ~ ~ ;; " o ~ . ~ ~ ;;; "0 ~ . . ~ o " '* I...~O .0".... 'LO"~ I...... 'OIl~O .The East End recreational path will be four miles long and eight feet wide. It begins across the street from the gatehouse, crosses the road at the driving range and ends at the Fishers Island Club's golf parking area. The asphalt path will be open to walkers, joggers, casual bicyclists (including mountain bikes) and baby carriages. No golf carts, motorized vehicles or racing bikes will be allowed. land preparation should begin this fall and construction is expected to be completed in spring 2009. tion (flRPF). "We are dme to $2.5 million of our $3 million goal. les very exciting that many people who have never donated to a project on the Island have participated in this venture." The Fishers Island Development Corp. (FIDCO) in 2001 established F1RPF, a not- for-pront emity separate and distinct from FIDCO, for the purpose of consrructing, op- erating and maimaining the path. The FIR- PF board has new young members who have energized [his project, pa([icularly because of their concern for the safety of pedesuians and bicyclists on the busy Eas[ End road. Fund-raising received a major boost in August 2007 when three Island families wge[her made a $1 million matching chal- lenge to the community. From the outset, the FIRPF and FlDCO boards have said that the path would be financed emirely through privare donations, and would become a re- ality only if FlRPF was granted 501(c)(3) status, so contributions to construction and maintenance could be tax deductible. Receiving 501 (c)(3) status and helping the community understand what it means in terms of "public" use of the path have been major challenges for FIRPF. The Internal Revenue Service (lRS) tioning the legaliry of the 501 (c) (3) desig- nation. Staff writer Kenton Robinson wrote that Fishers Island's summer residents did not meet [he qualifications of "the poor, the distressed, or the underprivileged," to whom the 501 (c)(3) designation is to be granted. In response to the article, former FI D- ca President Peter Crisp said at the rime, "There are hundreds and hundreds of spe- cial purpose charities fin projects such as village squares and nature preserves. We are no differem from [hose organizations that have received [hat consideration." To make cenain that the grant of tax- exempt status was proper, and to remove any doubt, FlRPF Secretary David Strupp wrme a letter to the IRS requesting confir- mation of FIRPF's 501 (c)(3) status. In the meantime, the New Haven office of the IRS began a formal nine-month audit of FIRPF in response to the column in The Day. The IRS concluded its audit in August 2006 and confirmed its previous decision. "In my letter and during a subsequent visit to the Island by all IRS agent, FIRPF made it abundantly dear that the path would not be open (0 rhe general public but only to Island residems and residents of South old," Mr. Strupp said. The entire length of the path is on property owned by FIDCO or the museum Land Trust, Mr. McGillian said. About one-nfth of the path does not follow the main road. The planned route leaves the main road at "Four Corners", turning nonh around Barlow Pond and then east umil it returns to [he main road, crossing it from nonh to south just after the driving range. "From Four Corners to its return to the main road, the path will share the little traveled road around Barlow Pond," Mr. McGillian said. "That road will not be wid- ened, but its surface will be hardened to re- move the ruts. "With regard to concerns about liabil- ity, [he same liability exists as it always has for FlDCO roads:. To reduce overall costs, construction of the path has been planned to coincide with the resurfacing and, in some places, realign- ment of the main road to correct poor sight lines. FIRPF expects to have its construc- tion plans and specincations in place by this summer, when it will accept bids. Construc- tion is slated to begin this fall. Gatehouse statistics April-Sept. 2007: 90,297 vehicle trips, 2460 bicyclists and 1617 walker/joggers. 4 Fisher~' l.\'lalld Gazette. Will/er 2008 KTKI Adjusts to Shifting GloLal <:onditions Summer resident Pat Kibbe val- ues her husband and five children above all else. But she has a "baby" roo, one she has nurtured for 22 years: Kids to Kids International (KTKI), a program that provides an opportunity for communi- cation among children from many nations through student-created picture books. The 1990s were glory days. Children from elementary schools across the United States, including the Fishers Island School, drew pictllres about their lives. The lami- nated pictures were made into books and packaged with crayons and blank paper for children, many in refugee camps, who then drew their own pictures. - 5- - '. - ~- ...., "", .~~~:::;~~., 'W'~l: '. .:"/. u:::: _r...-;_ "-:.' ,/~//"::: - --:: .- ~ / - ./ -- /" /" - -~.. jJt:1.' ,"(, ~ ._>~~~~ ~~ If l.l\ . ' :- _ _ _ _ _ : !~1~~ ~~~ I ~~}t" W ~~ . These rare drawings, now in Pat Kibbe's possession, were created by 19. and lO-year-old ex- Sudanese soldiers in a camp for Darfur refugees in Chad. KTKI sent the art supplies used by the young men to express their helplessness and despair. , .,.. "' --.1300:JrJ". d1.l '~i,l, l'tP.: : ~-;~ ;; r ~", ~ D " . ~ "0 ~ . . ~ , o " . , ~'v./.. ~J rY4,~~":- ~-"~~' ;t-~ n.e trtlgeO:I:1"" ""-1:1 J>W1>lt:;'", t>tlrf'<r tiS t"el::l ftee t"e~r ""..-......:l.ll....o: tDlll'ltluofex.lt: "We would bring boxes of student picture books and drawing supplies to the United Nations in New York," Mrs. Kibbe said. "They'd zip them up the elevator, and the boxes would be in Africa within days- no charge. "We were the first group to make con- tact with the Lost Boys of Sudan in Camp Kakuma, Kenya. They sat with the un- opened picture books on their laps. They didn't open them, since they'd never been given gifts hefore." KTKI worked closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) in those days, when UNHCR was the major transportation link between KTKI and African nations. At the same time, Mrs. Kibbe developed so many oth- er contacts that KTKI "Friendship Boxes" have been sent to over 50 countries on five continents. "Everything changed drastically after 9/11," Mrs. Kibbe said. "We now have de- veloped other avenues and are partnering with a number of non-profits, because UN- HeR has no money, and some people are less willing to help us because of the Iraq war. Every UN person I worked with is no longer working, except one in Rwanda. It's the attitude of the Bush administration. We don't support the UN as we should, either morally or financially." Shipping has also become a problem. For security reasons, packages formerly shipped by sea, must now go by air, for triple the price, with restrictions on pack- age content. KTKI boxes are currently de- livered through U.S. Army contacts and by KTKI "ambassadors," travelers who offer to deliver boxes when their destinations match KTKJ's plans. Last December (2007), "am- bassadors" carried boxes to India, Thailand, Philippines, Kenya and Guatemala. This year, KTKI plans to focus on Africa, China and the Middle East. \Vhile its focus is international, KTKI saw a desperate need in the U.S. after the devastation from Hurricane Karrina. In 2006, KTKI sent picture books and educa- tional supplies to over 40 schools in Loui- siana and Mississippi and adopted the first school to reopen in New Orleans. In recent years, KTKI has shifted from in-school to after school programs, since ex- tra class rime has been given to "No Child Continued on pilge 40 1HIller 2008.Fisher.~ Island Gazelle 5 Pat KiLLe: Multiple Careers, Multiple SUl:l:esses Pat Kibbe, actress, author, activist, is an elfin woman with blond hair and oversized glasses who speaks with breathless resolve. She barely com- pletes one thought before another comes rumbling forth. Her first view of Fishers Island over 40 years ago was disappointing: a collection of rundown, abandoned fort buildings. Within days, however, the Kibbes had a major change of heart and bought the last available house on Officers Row, the one with not one window in it and a bathtub on the front lawn. Challenges and inconveniences are not barriers to this woman who through the years has had a variety of careers, anyone of which by itself would be considered an achievement. Patricia Hosley, as she is known pro- fessionally, was a regular on the roster of old-time radio shows from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. She began her career on Broadway, segued into radio and television, did commercials, raised five children with her husband, and then became a best-selling children's author, which led to her establish- ing Kids to Kids International (KTKI) in 1987. [See story on page 4] These days, Mrs. Kibbe's past is catch- ing up with her-but in a good way. Her children's books, published in rhe early 1980s and based on her own family experi- ences, have been reprinted, and she is now sought out as a rich resource for old-time radio historians. Some may call hers a charmed life, but it was orchestrated with hard work, talent and perse- verance. As a child, Mrs. Kibbe lived in Wilming- ton, Del. but moved with her family to Southwick, Mass. when Old Time Radio Convention 1999. On the Honeymooners, 1956. Continued on page 4/ Island Hard~are, XM Beac::on "...Rerurn with us now to those thrill- ing days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the grcat horse Silvcr! The Lone Ranger rides again!" Readers of a certain age-or recent pa- trons of Island Hardware-will recognize these words, each one a gentle jolt of nos- talgia. Store manager Alan Thibodeau and as- sistant manager Maynard Banks are radio fans, although they are too young to have listened to the original broadca.<;ts of (heir favorite shows. They set up an XM Radio franchise at (he store just so they could have 24/7 access to XM. If (hcre is ever a delay in the checkout line, customers arc mollified by the sounds of Guns1noke, jack Benny or johnny Do/wr. "We enjoy old~timc radio stories and also listen to 1940s music. They run old commercials that teach us history of the era: sales of war bonds, the cost of meat and lack ofburrer," Mr. Thibodeau said. "Sometimes when we ask if we can help customers standing in the aisles, (hey Continued 011 page 40 . XM Radio is a constant companion to patrons of Island Hardware. (I-r) Assistant manager Maynard Banks, and his eight~yea....old chocolate cocker spaniel Charlie, and manager Alan Thibodeau. 6 Fishen Islalld Gazette-Winter 2(}(}8 RatJerly/Ri<:e OLser'Valory a Ba<:L:yard Ge...... by John Briggs The Rice Observatory was built and equipped like a well-outlitted col- lege facility of its era. The telescope is housed under a large dome and stands abour 16 feet tall when pointed at zenith. A chart room, adjacent to the dome, served as a reference library, study and storage for larger accessories like the Fecker spectro- graph. It also doubled for photographic development and timekeeping via a special observatory dock. The telescope itselfis a grand mechani- cal sculpture centered in the dome room. Visitors enter by passing through the chan room, up several stairs to the telescope level, and through a lovely banister and gate. The first curiosity is a large hand- wheel, reminiscent of a helm, on the facing side of the telescope's imposing cast-iron pillar. Another is where the dome rests on large iron wheels at the top of the cylindrical wall-the circular rail is like a train track. Less imposing but equally curious is an odd furnishing, a large rolling ladder with fold- ing stairs. This "observing ladder" was care- fully designed for an astronomer's comfort when working behind the telescope. The massive telescope is perfectly bal- anced on two axles, and when undamped, it generally moves at a finger's touch. The axles are called by their celestial coordinates, "hour angle" and "declination." Through them the telescope can be pointed anywhere in the sky. (The helm-like wheel helps for pointing near the north celestial pole, where a user has no leverage.) The essential mounting style is called "German equato- rial" and dates to Joseph Fraunhofer in the early 1800s. The hoUt axle is aligned patalld in space to the Earth's axis of rotation. The reason for this is that electric slow-motion can be engaged through the axle to keep any celestial object cemered-even though the Earth is turning underneath. Without this "clock drive," targets can drift our of sight in a matter of seconds, and long-exposure photography is impossihle. After uncovering the main lens and activating the clock-drive motion, an as- tronomer opens the dome shutter manually via a loop of rope hanging from the shutter mechanism. A large aperture opens side- ways, exposing the sky from the base of the dome to up past zenith, allowing a view at any altitude.A pair of push-button switches rotate the dome with a rumble to the left or right. Thus the whole sky is available to the telescope. But unlike some cartoon drawings, the telescope never actually proj- ects our from the dome opening. That's a popular misconception. Instead, starlight rains through the open dome and into the telescope. . (below) Bernard Rafferty, who died in 1997, outside the observatory built by his late wife's grandfather, Edwin W. Rice Jr., circa 1930.The observatory is part of the lore of amateur astronomers in the United States for the unparalleled quality of the facility and its equipment. EDWIN W. RICE, JR o '0 ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ o ~ o ~ Kt. .. /"" . John Briggs's son Nicholas stands witness to the arrival, from Columbia University, of Lewis M. Rutherfurd's (1816.1892) I)-inch refractor telescope that was completed in 1868. Mr. Rutherfurd, whose family has summered on Fishers Island for over SO years, was known for a time as the greatest lunar photographer in the world. Mr. Briggs has owned the refractor for five years and hopes someday to see it in a permanent setting where it will be preserved and appreciated. Willler 2008- Fisher.~ Island Gazette 7 ...W'itL Antique T eles~ope Se~ond-to-None Among Fishers Island's unexpected treasures is the Rice Observatory, built circa 1930 by the late Cher- ry Rafferty's grandfathet Edwin W. Rice Jr. Untouched since Mr. Rice's death in 1935, it remains today one of the loveliest private observatories in the United States. Mrs. Rafferty was very protective of the facility, known on fishers Is- land as the Rafferty Observatory, and it saw little use through the years. The Raffertys opened it in 1981, however, for John Briggs, a nationally recog- nized amateur astronomer and past president of the Antique Telescope Society. Mr. Briggs, who is currently fac- ulty astronomer at Clay Science Cen- ter of Dexter & Southfield Schools in Brookline, Mass., speaks of the obser- vatory with a mix of exuberance and reverence: "Visiting the Rice Observatory is like entering an astronomical time machine. One might compare the telescope to a grand old schooner. While modern research instruments operate like industrial robots, the Rice telcscope requires someone at ,he helm, "Using it is like sailing a tall ship in an era of supertankers. A mod- ern astrophysicist, in fact, typically would not know how to point iL Bur the aesthetic experience of using the old telescope-which still features such clear views-remains priceless and absolutely grand." The Rice Observatory is the stuff of legend within the amateur astronomy com- munity. and Mr. Briggs is a self-proclaimed zealot. He tracked down the Raffertys in 1981 after sending a letter of interest to "Rice Observatory, Fishers Island NY." By the mid-1980s, through a fortunate chain of cvems unrelated to the Raffertys. Mr. Briggs took possession of the observa- tory's original 8.7S-inch refractor. which he refurbished and housed in his own backyard facility, Bogsucker Observatory in Westport Point, Mass. ("Refractor" means that the instrument uses a lens system, rather than a mirror, as the main light-gathering device.) Edwin W RiceJr., then honorary chair- man of the board of General Electric Co., was an amateur astronomer who built the Island observatory fi)r his retirement years. He augmented the facility with an impres- sivc collection of finely toolcd accessories " L ..... /II! r \ _~, ''\ \ likely the overall building. But it was com- paratively rickety by astronomical standards. "Consequently, Mr. Rice had his large lens (the front end of the telescope tube) re- mounted by machine-tool makers Warner & Swasey. who had built the superb mounting for the Yerkes telescope as well as many other famous research instruments. The resulting Lundin/ W&S combination at the Rice Ob- servatory is second-to-none in the world for an instrumcnt of its size." Mr. Briggs is endlessly fascinated and thrilled by the mechanical dc- tails of the observatory and its link to the romance of astronomy before computer-driven telescopes became the norm. In the end. however, "the telescope was designed for looking through. The views it creates are what impress most." he said. "It's trivial to jump sight from the moon, at about 200,000 miles; to a planet. some 1 00,000,000 miles away; to a brilliant galactic star clus- ter, at some hundred trillion miles; or finally to another entire galaxy. light years away. Yet. in the case of galaxies seen from Rice Observatory, we must count light years by millions, right from the start!" After completing the construc- tion and outfitting of his observatory, it is not difficult to picture Mr. Rice walking the few steps from the from door of his East End home to the small chart room north of the dome and to the telescope beyond. "There's a log book. a star atlas with Mr. Rice's handwritten notes, still sitting on a shelf in the chart room," Mr. Briggs said. "I thumbed through it and easily recognized him looking at objects. doing calculations and charting coordinates." A stream of visitors passed through the chart room into the observatory in July. 2003. when the Raffertys opened the facil- ity for Nature Days' "Starry. Starry Night" program. Mr. Briggs greased the bearings, cleaned the lenses and led visitors to the Milky Way, "The Fishers Island sky remains dark enough to be a natural resource as impor- tant for appreciation and conservation [restricting ambient light] as any other on the Island." Mr. Briggs said. . To measur-e the distances of galaxies viewed fr-om the tele- scope at Rice Observatory, astronomers start counting in the millions of light years. John Briggs Photo that included a Howard astronomical clock; a Gaertner pholOgraphic plate camera; a combination prism and grating spectro- graph by Fecker; and a visual spectroscope and eyepiece set by Rausch & Lomb. "For backyard astronomy, the Rice Ob- servatory is extraordinary," Mr. Briggs said. "The original 8.75-inch refractor was built by C. A, Robert Lundin, who. with his fa- ther Carl. had made the world's largest and most famous lens telescope, the 40-inch Yer- kes refractor at the Universiry of Chicago. "Thc S.7S-inch lens was soon up- graded to a 10.S-inch. At first, the larger lens was positioncd on the original cast-iron pillar and clock-driven mounting designed by Lundin's collaborator, Roland W. Scllew, who also designed the observatory dome and 8 Fisher,\' Islalld Gazelle. Willter 2008 ,,-,jI~ . There were so many fish in the sea last summer that brothers (I-r) Bob & James Rogers had no trouble reeling in striped bass and a bluefish at Race Point during their lunch hour July 13,2007. They said a friend in a rowboat had caught a 45-lb. striper the previous night off South Beach after being pulled (with two friends) by the striper for a "Nantucket Sleigh Ride"! the BOROLEUM Difference Boroleum Ointment is the answer to nasal irritations such as: . Dryness due to oxygen therapy, low humidity, or cold weather . 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Yacht Club (FrYe) Bullseye race July 15, 2007. Although rhere were a few life jackets (also known as PFDs-Personal Flotation Devices) stored on the boat, nei- ther the captain nor the crew were wearing them. The rescue went smoothly, although the Bullseye ultimately sank to the bottom in 50 feet of water. "The wind was blowing 18.20 knots, and there was a 1- to 1.S-knot current," said Mr. McCance, who was sailing Jim Thomp- son's Bullseye, Osprey. "It was a fun race. We were having a wonderful time and were, at the moment of our demise, in first place." There was a "minor port starboard brush" when the forestay of David Burn- ham's Bullseye Querida briefly caught the boom of Ospreys mainsheet tackle. "It was a puff of wind that pushed us over," Mr. Mc- Cance said. "Once the boat was submerged, the water just poured in. The cockpit was full of water but still afloat. Osprey sank a bit and then righted itself and sat like a bath- tub. "I wam to make special note of David Burnham's fantastic sportsmanship. We had rhe right-of.way. The 'brush' was not in. tentional. It was an act of God that made this happen. David immediately dropped anchor, and his son Paul, an excellent sea- man, jumped into the water and swam to our boat to offer assistance. "Paul's calm demeanor and expertise were an important part of the relaxed nature of our elegant capsize. We were in the water, holding onto Osprey, for about 20 minutes and were as cheerful as if it had been the finish line. We were entirely upbeat and had time to take it in and understand what was happening. "Penni said, 'I think the boat is going to go down.' And I had the classic response: "Bullseyes can't sink, which was temporarily crue!" Former rIYC cOlllmodore John Burn- ham, race committee for the day, witnessed the capsize and sped to the scene, while he radioed FIYC for assistance. He arrived within six or seven minutes and saw Osprey drifting very close to the rocks on shore. Mr. Burnham jumped Onto the bow of Osprey to attach a dock line, but the bow immediately began to sink, so he jumped back onro the committee boat Kachina. After multiple altempts to attach a towline, which kept breaking free, he pulled the Bullseye into deepcr water alongside Kachi- na and dropped Kachinas anchor. Meanwhile George Cook had come out in his small motorboat and delivered life jackets from Kachina to Mr. McCance and Mr. Herrick. (Mrs. Sharp had stowed her grandson's PFD onboard, and as it floated off the boat, she hooked her arm through it.) After Mrs. Sharp boarded Kachina, the towline came free again, but she tossed the line to Paul who secured it to Osprey. Additional help came from a kayaker named Jack, a Clay Poim residem, who paddled out and was able to ferry rhe two remaining crew members to Kachina. Paul Burnham stayed with Osprey, but just as Mr. McCance was boarding Kachina, the towline caughr on a lobster pot Roat, which caused the Bullseye to go bow down, righr to the bottom. It wasn't long, however, before Paul Burnham was aboard Kachina, the capsized sailors were in the FIYC launch headed to the yacht club with FIYC Marine Manager John Evans, and John Burnham had blown up his last inflatable racing buoy to mark Ospreys location. Back at the yacht club, the crew was soaking wet, their sunglasses still on their noses and their loose moccasins still on their feet. "John Evans quickly had TowBoat/US on the phone," Mr. McCance said. "My next call was an epic message left on Jim Thompson's answering machine. "The salvage skipper arrived outfitted like the pilot of a 747, in a crisp white shirt and hat, with apparatus ar the stern of his boat. He determined that he needed a diver, who met our minor flotilla off Clay Point. "The diver disappeared into the watcr at the buoy and reappeared 20 minutes lat- Com/mud on page 50 . Tom McCance and crew were racing Jim Thompson's Bullseye, Osprey (foreground, after sal. vage) July 15,2007, when it capsized and sank off Clay Point. For his birthday last November, Mr. McCance's wife Serita bought him Stewart Cutler's Bullseye, Arrow (dark hull behind Osprey), previously owned by Marty Gibbs. Mr. McCance has renamed the boat Pippa, which is what he calls his wife, who said, "The first thing we do is get life jackets!" 1 0 Fisher,~ /.~land Gazette. Winter 2008 CHIPR!EGEL photography ,\ brine I Architectural I ,\utn111otiYc I Finc i\rt (.+01 ~ +.:;+-()~o') I chiN[(:hipriegcl.l'om I \\w\\.chipricgcl.co11l the beach plum po box 664 fishers island, ny 06390 (631) 788-7731 Drink In Vessel, II( Fishers Island liquors , ''f'\ n ~, <:) lA Equestrian Avenue PO Box 625 Fishers Island, NY 06390 631-788-7101 drinknvessel@hotmail.com Winter Hours I Summer Hours Special Orders. 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It was a bronze marker embedded in the rock, placed there in 1932 as part of a massive U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey project. Mr. Chester, 53, of AJexandria, Va. grew up summering on Fishers Island. He was using coordinates from his handheld GPS (Global Positioning System) to mark the location of the bronze benchmark (a po- sition marker for surveying). "G PS receivers became available to us mere mortals May 1, 2000, when Pres idem Clinton directed that the U.S no longer imeIHionally degrade the G PS signal for civilian use," Mr. Chester said. "One can now determine, under favorable conditions, one's position on the earth to a precision of less than 30 feet. "Many of us use this technolob'Y to play a sort ofinrernational game known as 'Geo- caching' [see www.geocaching.com]. Usual- ly we follow coordinates to small containers hidden in or near interesting places, swap small trinkets, and sign a logbook. "Anmher aspect or this 'sport', how- ever, is to locate National Geodetic Survey (NGS) benchmarks, which were used hy surveyors to determine heights, property lines, ete. berore the GPS era. "Although many or them don't exist anymore (like the Camp Tabor barn cupola, the chimney on the old F.1. Club clubhouse and the gas storage tank on the jetty at Sil- ver Eel Cove), there are still loads of these benchmarks on Fishers Island, and the po- sitions of the extant markers aren't known with 3D-root accuracy, sinct: tht:y have been converted from old data reference systems and measured from topographic maps. "So I'm trying to obtain GPS-based positions ror these reatures, or report the destroyed ones to the NGS, so NGS can update its rccords. For instance, the one on the golr course isn't evcn in the 'modern' da- . (top) GeoffChester,who grew up summering on Fishers Island, is happily obsessed with his GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. He used GPS to mark the coordinates of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey marker embedded, since 1932, in a rock in the middle of the first fairway of the Hay Harbor Club golf course. . (below) GPS receiver next to benchmark in rock. tabase because its position was poorly mea- sured whcn it was put in place. "There's another bcnchmark at the southwest corner or the village green whose published position puts it in the veterans' monument on the other side! That is a big error. I reported its 'new' position, so it could be corrected. "Benchmarking was part or Frank- lin Roosevelt's public works program. The government seIH oU( armies of people with surveying rools to determine positions for reference markers to be used as benchmarks for surveying. "Thc last complete survey of bench- marks on Fishers Island was in 1954. There was a serics of new benchmarks installed in 1972, when the Navy was working with submarine tracking on Mt. Prospect. Wil- derness Point, Isabella and ChOCOIllOUIH still have old lookout spots. "Markers have historic significance. They can also be used to measure shoreline erosion, and, theoretically, to check the drift of contincntal plates (Hawaii moving away from Alaska, for example). Everything is ref- erenced. It is a col1triburion to the general body of knowledge rhat is available to the public. I have the rime, tht.: t.:quipmel1t and the interest." Mr. Chester is not the usual GPS hob- byist, however. In fact, there are few like him, because he works as public affairs officer for tht.: U.S. Naval Obscrvarory in Washington, D.C., which is responsible for determining the exact time through observation or celes~ tial objects. (His gn:at-grandfather was su- perintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory from 1902-06, and in the 1870s-80s, was COlITilllled 011 page 39 12 Fishers Island Gazette. Winter 2008 ~ J .t,.f I(l" ( Speciak::ing in antique, cstate () uniquc jcwclry N.L. 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Although 1 loved "working" at rhe fish market, one of my least favorite chores at the end of each day was hauling leftover fish pans that hadn't been thrown off the dock or hand fed to the residem sea gulls. I'd lug an old metal bucket of fish tails, heads and other unidentifiable pans up the hill to my grandparems' house, where my parems and I lived at the time. Once I had deposited the bucket in- side, my grandmother Bertha would dump its contents into an old cast iron pot that she kept under the kitchen sink. She mixed rhe fish remains with condensed canned milk and butter and simmered it for an hour on the gas stove. The result was a gourmet brew for at least 20 feral cars who lived ar rhe fish mar- ker. Thc population usually peaked afrcr labor Day weekend, when sadly, many cats were dropped off ar the market or aban- doned as summer families left the Island. Once the fish stew was sufficienrly . Grey Boy strikes a dignified pose in spite of a broken leg in a tongue depressor cast. simmered, my leasr favorite chore bccame my favorite. Grandmother Bertha would remove the pot from rhe stove and pour its chunky contents into two old black glass Thermos botrles. I remember well the daily warning not to drop them! Carcfully cradling thc bottles, I walkcd back down the hill to the fish market, al- ways receiving thc grandest welcome from the "fish market cats" when I arrived. As I began to fiB the old tin pie plates that my grandfather kepr under the marker sink, the cats rubbed up against my legs and purred as if I were their queen. They always ate ev- ery bite. What a sight ro see: 15-20 contented cats lounging among the lobster pots and bait barrels. It was this sight, plus the arrival of kittens in the spring, that led to a number of adoptions by summer residents who took the cars ofT-Island. My grandmother often received Christ- mas cards from the Whimeys, duPonts and Firestones, who enclosed pictures of their adopted "market cats." . . . Was there ever a doubt that I would bccome deeply attached [0 these cats? Each one had a name. Some were Island names like Isabella, Sandy and Fishy, whilc others had names like Blackie, Snowball and Grey Boy. Grey Boy was a beautiful and most affectionate male grey and white cat. He became king of both the market and the house. (Ar any given time, six to eight cats would discover that life was bettcr at Bertha and Edmund's house up on the hill.) Every day, Grey Boy would travel be- tween rhe house and the market. He slept on my bed at night, so we became the best of friends. He was also my mother Marga- ret's favorite cat. When I was about eight or nine, Grey Boy broke his leg. He usually spcnt most of his time at the house and was notorious for climbing trees and sitting at the end of branches, where he could swat at pass- ing birds. One summer day, through either carelessness or a misstep, he came crashing to the ground in a howling heap. fortunately, I was nearby and ran to him. I picked up the whimpering cat, whose front leg was not in its normal position. By Cotltinued 011 page 33 . Grandmother Bertha and grandfather Ed. mund Hedge had plenty of affection to spare for the more than 20 feral cats that lived at the fish market on Hedge Street. Bertha made fish stew daily for the cats from leftover fish parts. 14 FM/ers Is/a"d GaZl'lte. \Hiller ]008 Walter F. Torrance Jr. Walter France Torrance Jr. of South- bury, Conn. died May 3, 2007 while on a cycling tour in Croatia. He was 79. Mr. Torrance's family has had a house on West Harbor sincr the 1880s, making it one of the oldest houses. continuously oc- cupied by one family. on Fishers Island. o "0 ~ ~ "" .~ ~ . o < ~ ~ WALTER F, TORRANCE JR. The house was built by Mr. Torrance's great-grandfather David Torrance, Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Justice Torrance bought the land from George W. Roberts, who worked at the Connecticut State House and had heatd of Fishers Island through the Hedge family in Middletown, Conn. Born July 12, 1927 in Waterbury, Conn., Mr. Totrance was the son ofWalrer F. Torrance and Harriet Gager Torrance. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in 1944; Yale University in 1948, during which years he also served in rhe U.S. Army Air Force; and Yale Law School in 1951. He joined the Waterbury law firm of Car- mody and Torrance, LLP after law school, and in 1953 moved to Woodbury. Conn" where he lived until 1985, when he moved to South bury. Mr. Torrance joined Northeast Utilities in 1978 and retired in 1992 as senior vice- pn:sideIH. secretary and general counsel. and director of its subsidiaries. He then returned to Carmody and Torrance and served, most recently, in an of-counsel capacity. As a child. Mr. Torrance spent many summers on Fishers Island with his grand- parents. parents and younger brother Ted. His grear-uncles James France Torrance and James Lindsay France also had houses on the Island on Hedge Street. Mr. Torrance remembered having lunch with his grandfather, Dr. Walter Scott Torrance, who always wore a coat and tie, before they went to the parade grounds to watch the troops. At the time, Mr. Torrance played with Kiki (Robens) Hale Arnold, and his cousins Jimmy Walters and Jacque- line Stevens. The names of Mr. Torrance's father, Walter E Torrance Sr. and uncle, David Newell Torrance, are on (he plaque, com- memorating W\VI service. on the rock at the north end of the village green. Mr. Torrance lived life to the fullest. He was an avid hiker. skier. biker and traveler. He especially enjoyed biking the length of Fishers Island. He and his wife Ellen trav- eled all over the world, and each year spent several months skiing in Colorado. His family misses his enthusiasm, wit, kindness, keen legal mind. and love for his wife and children. Mr. Torrance is survived by his wife El- len (Ingraham) Torrance; three daughters, Lucie Todd Turrentine, of New Canaan, Conn., l\1artha E. Torrance. of Seekonk. Mass. and Sarah G. Torrance of Boston Mass.; a son, Stephen H. Torrance, of Lancaster, Pa.; their mother. Lucie N. Tor- rance of South bury, Conn.; his hrother, Ted Torrance, of Barrington, R.l.; nine grand- children; seven stepchildren. and 20 step- grandchildren. Anne Washington Kinsolving Talbott, 64 Anne Washington Kinsolving Talbott of Old Lyme, Conn. died peacefully at home Sept. 24, 2007 after a courageous 11- month battle with cancer. She was 64. Born Nov. 30,1942 in Princeton, N.J" Mrs. Talbott was the daughter of Rev. Ar- thur Lee Kinsolving and Mary Kemp Blag- den Kinsolving. The Kinsolving family has a long history on Fishers Island. Both Mrs. Talbott's father and grandfather were sum- mer rectors at St. John's Episcopal Church for a total of more than 50 years. Mrs. Talbott's father retired from that position in 1963. Mrs. Talbott grew up in New York City. where she attended the Chapin School. and graduated from Foxcroft School in Virgin. ia. where she was a proud "Hound" in the school's intramural program and captain of the drill team. She Jttendr.:d Smith College and worked in London before marrying John Talbott, with whom she spent 42 wonderful and adventurous years living in Texas, Cali- fornia, Tennessee, Washington, D.C. and Connecticut as well as Fishers Island. In 1985, Mrs. Talbott earned a llA in Russian Studies from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. Fla. and traveled numerous times to Russia. She held varied positions during her professional career, includ- ing college advisor at The Wehh School. a private boarding school in Tennessee; and recruitment specialist for IRG. Ltd.. a con- sulting firm that recruits specialists for over- seas missions. Mrs. Talbott served on many boards and participated in a variety of groups and organizations, including the Foxcroft Board of Trustees and the Library Board of Rob- Conrillued 011 page 15 :8 ;;; ANNE TALHOTT ,-- ~- mm:mm!!! Caroline Cleveland Caroline "Lynn" Cleveland of Green- wich, Conn. died Sept. 15, 2007 at Greenwich Hospital. She was 94 and had summered on Fishers Island since the mid- 1940s. At the time of her death, Mrs. Cleve- land owned numerous properties in the Silver Eel Pond and fon area, including the brick building berween the new community center and the Fishers Island Ferry freight building. Mrs. Cleveland was an artist with a unique aesthetic vision, according (0 num- erous admirers. She looked at the world in her own inexplicable fashion. packing her basement with detritus that she redefined as folk an and award-winning Aoral ar- rangements that were more sculpture than flower. With a Japanese influence. she es- chewed mass arrangements filled with flow- ers and often used only one flower Of leaf in Concert with items as varied as slate roof tiles, metal tree guards, cobblestones and coal. Mrs. Cleveland was a single-minded competitor, who worked alone, refining and practicing her arrangements for monrhs be- fore a competition, all the while finding rhe exact duplicate flowers for each attempt. One person who had an idea of how she saw things was her husband Don, who died in 2000. She would see a knot in J tree, and he would take his chain saw, with shaking hands in later years, cut our the knot and carve it to her specifications. They were a team. He adored her and for the more than 61 years that they were married, he carried the same picture of her in his waller. Born in Stanronsberg, N.C., Mrs. Cleveland was the daughter of Hady and Minnie Evans Coley. Mr. Coley was a farmer who died when his daughter was 18 months old. As a teenager, Mrs. Cleveland particularly enjoyed painting and enrolled in an arts correspondence course. Mrs. Cleveland gtaduated from the University of North Carolina with a teach- ing degree in home economics and science. She won a hat design contest in college, which caught the eye of the dean, who ar- ranged for her to work at B. Altman & Co. [deparrment srote] in New York City. While running a gift shop in the store, she began modeling hats. Eventually, she left that joh Utltter ZOOS-Fishers /.~lalld (ia:.ette 15 o 1; ~ .. ,. ~E . ~ ~ c . ~ . u CAROLINE & DONALD CLEVELAND to model for Lucky Strike [tobacco] adver- tisements, The Clevelands met at a party in Greenwich and in 1939 married in New York City, where they lived for a rime. After Mr. Cleveland's military service in \Xf\VII, they moved to Greenwich and began think- ing about summering on Fishers Island. The Clevelands' first residence on Fish- ers was a rental house above the Duck Pond, but later they bought one of the mansion houses. In 1964, they purchased the brick pump house on the east side of Silver Eel Pond and transformed it into their summer home, the Pump House, with its three-story wood rower and familiar exterior wooden sculpture. The Clevelands were members of both rhe Hay Harbor Club and the Fishers Island Club. Mrs. Cleveland twice won the cov- eted Fenwick Medal, the top Roral arrang- ing prize awarded by the Garden Club of America (GCA). She was a GCA member, a national accredited flower arranging judge, and a member and past presidenr of [he Green Fingers Garden Club of Greenwich. She also lectured nationally and inrerna. tionally on Rower arranging. Friends and family agree that Mrs. Cleveland was one-of-a-kind. Although her creative spirit was elusive to others, she never wavered in her ability (0 coax beauty our of everything she saw. Mrs. Cleveland is survived by three sons, Don, Clem and Tom, and two grand- children, Beth and Patrick. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Henry L. Ferguson Museum, PO Box 554, Fishers Island, New York 06390. Anne Talbott COl/tinufd from ptlg~ /4 crtson County, Tenn. In recent years, one of her great joys was participating in the choir at Sr. Ann's Episcopal Church in Old Lyme, where she and her husband worshipped. In addition (0 spending time wirh family and friends, Mrs. Talbott's favorite pastimes were wandering in the woods and along heaches with her corgi Lincoln and working in her numerous gardens. Mrs. Talbott is survived by her husband, Rev. John Talbou; rhree daughters, Thayer Talbon, Kemp Hoversten and Polly Talbott; a granddaughter, Wren Talbon Hoversten; a brother, Augustus B. Kinsolving, and many cousins, friends and loved ones. Memorial contributions may be sent to Foxcroft School, PO Box 5555, Middle- burg VA 20118 Ot Middlesex Hospice and Palliative Care, 28 Crescent St, Middletown CT 06457. ~ 16 Fi.~"er.\'l.da"d Gazette- Wi"ter 2008 mm!!!!I! Lawrence F. Calahan Lawrence Fox Calahan of Darien, Conn. died July 20, 2007 of a brain tumor. He was 47. Mr. Calahan had summered on Fish- ers Island with his family for more than 20 years. He was an ardent admirer of Fishers, in part because it afforded him the oppor- tlmity to spend relaxed, unstructured time with Lauren, his wife of 22 years, and their four children, Cameron, Christopher, Zach- ary and we. Mr. Calahan was born in Grand Rap- ids. Mich. and was raised there and abroad. He graduated from Yale University in 1982 and Columbia Business School in 1988. He lived in a big house full of kids, animals, arts and crafts projects, singing, drums, guitars, science experiments and lots of laughter. The Calahans' open door policy guaranteed a constantly shifting and ever-expanding circle of friends, young and old, at all times of day. whether in Connecticut or during their stint in Dedham, Mass. When Mr. Calahan became ill, the welcome mat was kept our for visitors un- rilthe very end. Mr. Calahan deeply valued his friendships, and with Lauren's support, he was able to stay connected to those who cared about him most. Mr. Calahan's attachment to Fishers Island grew over the years as he became acquainted with all of its possibilities. He could be found on the tennis courts almost daily with at least one of his children, out 011 the water in their motor boat, madly cycling the length of the Island. downing a cone at Topper's, or plunging into the chilly early July waters at Isabella. Mr. Calahan's wife, whom he met in Paris during a junior year abroad program, described a perfect day for her husband: "It would start with a run, then a quick stop for muffins and coffee to be devoured on South Beach, and end with a big bonfire at Race Rock, with marshmallows and a mil- lion stars." In real life, Mr. Calahan worked in New York City and Boston as an investment banker and in 2003 co-founded America's Growth Capital, an investment bank in Boston. Friends say they knew him best, however, reflected through his children. "L1wrence's clear passion for living and loving and his drive to succeed was well evi- o 1; ~ ~ ~ 'E ~ < . ~ . .. u LAUREN & LAWRENCE CALAHAN denced in his boys when they would come fishing with me," said friend, Rich Bartels. "They were always ready for another, bigger fish and were never deterred when we were 'skunked'. "Lawrence fished with us once during his batrle. The chemo treatments made him queasy on the boat. He stuck it our, though, and we caught a 'keeper' and shared it on the grill. It was a dinner and a summer to re- member. Lawrence, the consummate father, has left a great legacy and example for his Polly Potter Balding, 99 Polly Potter Balding died peacefully at home in Camden. S.C. Dec. 6, 2006, just three days after her 99'h birthday. A former summer resident, Mrs. Balding was the de- voted mother of three daughters, Oklahoma State Sen. Penny Williams of Tulsa, Helen Bonsai ofGlyndon, Md. and Cassie Kernan of Bedford, N.Y. Mrs. Balding was a pioneer sports- woman, competitive golfer and bridge player, and a crack shot well into her 90s. She helped set a standard for women in the 1920s, wearing trousers and riding horses astride while her contemporaries were still in skirts riding sidesaddle. An avid fox hunter and steeplechase rider, Mrs. Balding rode in the first Ladies' Race at Meadowbrook Hunt Club on Long Island, "She loved to go fast and jump big fences, once even riding a race despite a broken collar bone," recalled a retired rac- Comillltl'd 011 pagt 20 children. We will miss him." In addition to his wife and children, Mr. Calahan is survived by his mother, Jane of Stresa, Italy; his father, David of Sarasota, Fla.; a brother, Peter of Sarasota; and his mother-in-law, Joby Gray of Darien. Conn. Memorial contributions may be sent to Brain Tumor Research Fund, c/o Dr. Wen, Center for Neuro-Oncology, 44 Binney St, Bosron MA 02115. This obituary was contributed by Allison Sargent. ~ . '" ~;~ ~ · ~ ''llI!l - "'f,A.I; 1 :'" .~ J POLLY BALDING Natalie Rafferty Natalie "Cherry" Rice Rafferty of Farmingron, Conn. died May 3. 2007 at home. She was 85. Born Oct. 14, Inl in Schenectady, N.Y., Mrs. Rafferty was rhe daughter of Edward and Harriet (Church) Rice and the granddaughter of Edwin W. Rice Jr.. the second president of General Electric Co. (GE), who held more than 100 patents, from arc lamps and incandescenr lamps [() transformers and train control systems. Mr. R.ice built the current Rafferty home all the East End c. 1927 and at the same rime built a private observatory next to the house to pursue his inreresr in astron- omy [see story on page 7]. Mrs. Rafferty graduated from Ethel Walker School in 1939 and received a SA in history from Sarah Lawrence College in 1943. the same year that she married Bernard Raf- ferry. The couple lived in Greenwich, Conn. and Schenccrady and moved to Farmington in 1962. Mt. Rafferty died in 1997. Mrs. Rafferty worked at GE from 1943 to 1945 drafting instruction hooks for war equipment and supplies manufactured by the company. and was a Red Cross First Aid Instructor from 1952-1962. She had an abiding interest in nature and environmental preservation and in 1985, founded the El. Conservancy, along with John Thatcher Jr., Louise Doyen and Mary Wood. She was also a member of the Fishers Island Development Corp. Archi- tecture Committee. Mrs. Rafferty was a lifelong member and past presidem of the Connecticut Val~ ley Garden Club and past vice presidem and director of the Garden Club of America. She was also past president of the HillsteaJ Museum in Farmington and founder and past president of the Friends of Hillstead Museum. Mrs. Rafferty loved spending time with family and friends, and enjoyed sharing outdoor activities. In addition to gardening and golf, she enjoyed fishing and hiking, primarily in the Adirondacks, where her grandparents were founding members of the Adirondack League Club. She loved her big dogs and had owned. at various times, a Bloodhound, several Ottcrhounds and Irish Wolfhounds, and a Great Dane. Cont;llued on p(Jgl' /8 miller lOfJS-Fisher,\' Isla"d Gazette /7 Helen "Sally" Waters Ellsworth, 92 Helen "Sally" Waters Ellsworth of Salis- bury, Conn., died peacefully at home Aug. 9, 2007 after a long illness. She was 92. In the early 1950s, Mrs. Ellsworth and her husband Duncan "Biff" Ellsworth were visiting friends on Fishers Island. Swim- ming off Chocomount Beach, Mr. Ells~ worth looked up and saw what he thought would be a perfect building site. They called Lee Ferguson, chopped their way into the property [0 take a look, and built a house there in 1954. Just 10 years earlier, Mrs. Ellsworth had been on a difTerem beach: Normandy, France. During WWIl, a few days after the June 6, 1944 Normandy invasion, Mrs. Ellsworth landed on the beach with a Red Cross team [0 provide coffee and doughnuts to exhausted U.S. troops. Before the invasion, when American troops were flooding into England, Mrs. Ellsworth helped run Rainbow Corner, a Red Cross social club near Piccadilly for enlisted men. After the Normandy land- ing, she followed the troops into Paris and helped set up a Rainbow Corner in Paris at the Cafe de la Paix. She was there the night Glenn Miller's hand played after waiting in vain fot him to arrive by plane over the Eng- lish Channel. Mrs. Ellsworth was born in Brookline. Mass.. Nov. 16, 1914, the daughter of Ber- tram G. Waters and Helen Kent Shaw. She attended Miss Windsor's School in Brook- line. Her first marriage to William Richard- son, a stage manager and designer, ended in divorce. In 1941, she was in Bombay, India with her second husband, John Elting, who was employed by General Motors, when he was killed in an elevator shaft accident. On one leg of her voyage home from India, she caught the last plane out of Sin- gapore before the British colony fell to the Japanese. After an anxious wait in Australia, she took a perilous journey on a U.S. Navy transport across the Pacific, in seas largely controlled by Japanese submarines. Back in the U.S., Mrs. Ellsworth joined the Office of Strategic Services in Washing- ton, D.C. but left when she was able to join the American Red Cross in London, a move that led to her service at Normandy. In 1950, Mrs. Ellsworth was working in New York City as secretaty general of the English-Speaking Union. when she met and married Duncan Ellsworth. Five years later, the Ellsworths and their two children moved to Salisbury. Mrs. Ellsworth became very active in Salisbury community affairs and also served as a justice of the peace there for a number years. "My mother was outgoing and gen- erous," said her daughter, Helen Scoville. "We've heard from so many people in Salis- bury who have told us what a huge differ- enCe she made in their lives. "In a lighter vein. she loved taking mid- day walks on Chocomount Beach with her friend, Dougie Boocock. My mother also got up early every morning to go skinny ~ .. o o '" c . .. ~ 1; ~ . < , o u o 1; ~ ~ HELEN ELLSWORTH dipping. I [hink she surprised sOllle fisher- men from time to time!" Mrs. Ellsworth continued to slim- mer on Fishers Island in her Chocomount Beach home, still owned hy her family, until 2000. Mrs. Ellsworth is survived by two daughters, Helen Scoville and Anne Ells- worth, and three grandchildren; three step- children, Duncan Ellsworth, Jane Ellsworth Hotchkiss and A. Whitney Ellsworth; nine step grandchildren, and 18 step great-grand- children. Memorial donations may be sent to Salisbury Housing Committee, PO Box 10, Salisbury CT 06068. J 8 f'ishers Island Gazettee Wi"ter 2008 Thomas A. Parrott Thomas A. Parrott of Washington D.C" died peacefully June 14. 2007. He was 92. Mr. Parrott worked with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for 24 years and had served as Asst. Deputy Director for Na- tional Intelligence Programs. Earlier in his career with the CIA, he had been Deputy THOMAS A. PARROTT Chief of the Soviet Division of Clandestine Services; a Base Chief in Germany; and as- sistant to Allen W Dulles, the first civilian Director ofCenrral Intelligence. Mr. Parrott also held an unprecedented assignment to the White House that included the period of the Cuban Missile Crisis. During WWII. Mr. Parrott served with the u.s. Army in Norrh Africa and Italy. He was awarded hoth the Soldiers Medal (the Army's highest decoration for heroism not in actual combat) and the Legion of Merit, and was honored by haly with the Order of Sts. Maurizio and Lazarus (at the time the oldest order of nobility in Europe). He re- tired from the Army Reserve as a Colonel. After he retired from the CIA in 1973. Mr. Parrott was active in many charitable and community organizations. He was vice chairman of the board of the Washington Raymond Bedros Gary Raymond Bedros Gary of New York City died April 28. 2007 after a shorr ill- ness. He was 78. Mr. Gary first came to Fishers Island with his wife, Prue in 1972 to visit friends from New York and colleagues from Mor- gan Stanley. They immediately fell in love with the Island and subsequently rented various houses on Fishers, with their daugh- ter Mimi, from 1973 to 1981, when they bought their home on the Chocomollnt Hill road. Mr. Gary received a B.A. from Yale University in 1950 and an M.A. from Har- vard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1951. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 ro 1954. after which he began his career in the Corporate Finance Departmem at Morgan Stanley in 1955. Mr. Gary became a parmer at Morgan Stanley in 1964. a managing director in 1970, when the firm was incorporated, and an advisory director when he retired in 1983. Throughout his career, Mr. Gary specialized in the financing of companies involved in natural resources, including oil, gas. miner- als, and hydroelectric and atomic energy. In particular, Mr. Gary was responsible for designing and implementing financing plans for a number of the participants in the Trans-Alaska pipeline system, as well as for new minerals projects in Australia and Canada. the Churchill Falls Hydro-Electric plant in Labrador, and numerous other en- Hospital Center and was one of five found- ing directors of the National Rehabilita- tion Hospital in Washington. He was also an officer of the Citizens Association of Georgetown and served on (he boards of {he Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Georgetown, and Hospice Care of D.C. He was on the original board of the City Tavern Club. Mr. Parrott graduated from Princeton University in 1936 and had lived in Wash- ington since 1949. He was married for 67 years to Barbara Parrott, whose parents be- gan summering on Fishers Island in the late I 920s. Mr. Parrott was involved with the boards of the Fishers Island Cluh and the Hay Harbor Club and was a strong sup- porter of the Fishers Island Conservancy. His sharp mind. wit. loyalty and love will be deeply missed. ergy related projects throughom the world. As a result of his expertise in the en- ergy field. Mr. Gary served on the Board of Directors of Stone Energy Corporation in Louisiana. After he retired. Mr. Gary, who was an accomplished pianist. served on the RAYMOND B. GARY Board of Directors of Third Street Music School Settlement in New York, the nation's oldest community music school. As best said by a former colleague. "We deeply mourn the passing of our neighbor, friend, brother, husband and father. Ray will he missed by his family and friends for his thoughtful and steady guidance, his in- tellect and commitment to excellence, his sense of humor. and his smile." Mr. Parrott is survived by his wife, Bar- bara Parrott of Washington; tWO daughters, Cynthia MacNair and Susan Crary. both of New York City; and three grandchildren, Gardner. Nicholas and Ian Crary. Mr. Par- rott was predeceased by his son, Tommy. Services were held at Arlington Nation- al Cemetery. Contributions in Mr. Parrott's memory may be sent to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, ATT: Communication & Devel- opment, 102 Irving St NW, Washington DC 20010. Natalie Rafferty Contifllll'd from p,lgr 17 Mrs. Rafferty is survived by a son, Christopher Rafferty of Fishers Island. and a daughter. Kathleen Lamborn of New York City. and five grandchildren. William Bruce May William Bruce May. 85, of Chcster- town, Md.. a longtime summer resident, died June 30, 2007. The cause was multiple myeloma. Mr. May first came to Fishers Island in ~ . ~ . . ; . ~ .. ~ . . , o U o .. ~ ~ WILLIAM BRUCE MAY 1932 as a mascot/barboy for the Jordan Vil- lage baseball ream, champions that year of the Waterford. Conn. bJ.seball league. His father, Bill May, was the leading hitter on the team at the time, when it was challenged by Fishers Island. Eagerly responding to the challenge, the team boarded the steamship Baxter in New London. When they docked at the pier in West Harbor, the players and their rnas- cor/harboy were met by members of the El. Fire Dept.. who rook them on a memorable tour of the Island with bells and sirens in full voice. Mr. J\1ay often said, "This was quite an imroducrion for an II-year-old. Nobody remembers who won the game. Does ir matter?" Mr. May served as a Lr. CoI. in rhe U.S. Army Engineers in rhe Smuh Pacific Juring \XfWII. Released from active dury after the war, he nexr came to Fishers Is- land in August 1946 to spend the momh with his father, who was reming Mansion House Cottage #1. That month marked 3.n easy transirion from military ro civilian life, which, according ro Mr. May, was so ditTer- em from the trauma eXPl'rienced by return- ing servicemen in rhe Viet Nam era. Fr. H.G. Wright was still in operation at the rime, primarily as a hospital. Since he was on terminal leave, Mr. May was tech- nically still :1 parr of the active military es- tablishment. Whenever he felt confused or at odds with the difference in values and Com/Hurd on p,lgr 21 Clarence Geist Ely Clarence Geist Ely, 76, of Miami, Fla. and Lakeville, Conn., died June 22, 2007 at Noble Horizons retirement community in Salisbury, Conn. after a shorr illness. Mr. Ely, known as "Geist," was born May 29, 1931 in Pbiladelpbia, Pa., tbe son nf Elizabeth Geist Ely and Van Hnrn Ely Jr. He was the grandson of Clarence Henry Geist, considered, in the early 1900s, to be the Iargesr private owner of utility compa- nies in the Unired Srates. Mr. Geist had developed the Boca Rawn Hotel and Club in Florida in 1928 and rook his grandson with him on rail trips from Philadelphia ro Boca Raton. The young Mr. Ely would awaken in his grand- father's private railroad car to music from the 25.piece band that always greeted his grandfather's arrival. Mr. Ely's parents brought him to Fish- ers Island when he was just five days old, and he lived on Fishers for the next six months at the home of his paternal grandparents. In the late 1940s, his parents built an East End home, currently owned by Tom Kean, on Durobely Road, a made-up name for Du- Pam (Du), Robinson (rob) and Ely (e1y). During his lifetime, Mr. Ely spent pan of every summer on Fishers Island. "Dad loved the Island," said daughter, Melinda Dubow. "He was a member of the Fishers Island Club for over 50 years and particu- larly enjoyed playing golf tbere. He was a perennial winner of club golf tournaments, chairman of the golf committee and a mem- ber of the club's Board of Governors. Mr. Ely attended the Haverford School in Philadelphia and graduated from Sr. Paul's School, Concord, N.H. in 1949. He spent a post~gradllate year at The L3.wrenceviIIe School in Lawrenccville, N.J. and graduated from Princeton University '54, alrhough his acmal graduation was delayed by a tour of active combat duty with the U.S. Army dur- ing the Korean Conflict. [\1r. Elywas a talented athlete. He played first suing varsity ice hockey at Princeton, where he was a member of the Tiger Inn, and after graduating was selected to play for the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, but Ko- rea intervened. !\1r. Ely played on the finest golf courses with his uncle, Dick Chapman, a national and internation;11 anuteur golf champion of the 1940s and 1950s. As a young bachelor in [he 1950s and I 960s, Mr. Ely enjoyed bis cbarm and gnod looks among the society gambling set in H'illler 2008.Fi.~"ers 1.~lalld Ga:.ette /9 England and in the company of beautiful women with whom he parried at legendary villas on the French Riviera. He invited the comely guests that led to memorable nights aboard a yacht charrered by a young John F. Kennedy, with whom he shared a mutual friendship after they had met on the terrace of a hotel. Mr. Ely began a multifaceted career at the brokerage firm Janney, Monrgomery, SCOtt in [he mid-1950s. In 1964, he was a founder of On dine's, the first discotheque in New York City, and by 1966, be had moved to Sr. Croix, V.l. with his three sons. He remained on Sr. Croix for three years and while there, started an inter-island airline with a dear friend and classmate from Sr. Paul's. Me. Ely retired in the early 1980s as a vice president with the securities brokerage firm Dean Witter Reynolds. i CLARENCE GEIST ELY Although Mr. Ely's duee marriages ended in divorce, he cared deeply about his family and those he loved. He is warmly re- membered as an oft-times single parent and sometimes stepparent, who devoted himself to raising his children, both his own and those who came into his extended family. Mr. Ely is survived by his companion of 21 years, Margaret H. Douglas-Hamil- ron; three sons, Van Horn Ely III, of Gird- wood, Aka., Clarence Geist Ely Jr., of Aurn- ra, Ohio, and Center Marshall Ely of Aiken, N.C; a daugbter, Melinda Ely Dubow of Manhattan, and five grandchildren. Mr. Ely was predeceased by his younger sister, Elizabeth Hope Ely Muzzarelli, who died in 1971, leaving a five-year-old daugh- ter. Mr. Ely raised her, now Elizabeth Gay Pollock, of Salem, Va., with his children. Ms. Pollock's four children, one of whom is named "Geist" also survive him. 20 Fishers Is/a"d Gazelle- Willter 10fJN Peter S. Sinclair Sr. Peter Stewan Sinclair Sr. of Boynton Beach, Fla., died Mar. 15, 2007. He was 82. Mr. Sinclair spem a lifetime on or near the sea. Born and raised on Fishers Island, he served in rhe U.S. Navy during WWlI and worked on a chaner fishing boat in Florida after the war. For over 30 years, he was captain of the mowr yacht God- dess, owned by Kathy & Reynolds duPom, spending wimers 111 Palm Beach, Fla. and summers, once agam, on Fishers Island. Above all, Mr. Sinclair treasured his family. When his wife Emily was stricken with Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 62, he cared for her every need for the next decade, first at home and then at a nursing home, where he visited her ev- ery day, umil her death in 1997. It was likely love at first sight when Mr. Sinclair saw Emily Bardey step off the ferry onto Fishers Island. Just after the war, Miss Barrley came {O Fishers Island {O teach high school English. It was the habit of young Island men {O meet the ferry when new teachers, panicularly the females, arrived. Mr. Sinclair was at the ferry when he saw his future wife. They met and were wgether from then on. "Dad was a kind and gemle man with a wonderful sense of humor," said daughter Heather Sinclair Murphy. "He was also a patiem father. Once, when he was teaching me to drive, I accidemally drove his new car into the woods. His only comment after we bounced in, missing trees and hitting bush- es, while listening to the paint being scraped off the side of the car was, "Okay, now push in the clutch and pur it inw reverse." Mr. Sinclair's family has a long hisrory on Fishers Island. His grandfather, James Sinclair Sr. was a "sub~gamekeeper" for Fishers Island Farms, and his father, James Sinclair Jr. managed the Island water com- pany. James Jr. couned and married Lillian Corkill, a governess on thc Island, and they had four children, Geraldine, Lindsay, Wil- fred and Pcter. Growing up on the Island, Mr. Sinclair built gun emplacements at Ft. Wright and also worked at the Fishers Island Club golf course. He graduated from fishers Island High School, and from Brown University as pan of the Navy's V-12 College Training Program. Me. Sinclair was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific at the end ofWWII bringing rroops "1!l PETER S. SINCLAIR SR. Sinclair Family Photo home after the war. Later, during his early years in Florida, he received a medal for bravery from the U.S. Coast Guard for jumping into an inlet and saving two people from a sinking boat. Mr. Sinclair had been a resident of Boymon Beach for over 50 years. He loved fishing off the rocks on Fishers Island and sport fishing in the Bahamas. He was a first generation American, bur a true Scotsman: dogs were an imegral parr of his life from childhood throughout his adult years. His daughter's Labrador Retriever, Sandy, regu- larly visited the nursing home and the hos- pital during Mr. Sinclair's last days. "Dad was universally liked and ad- mired. He was a consummate gentleman, a kind and helpful neighbor, and a loving husband and father-the salt of the earth," Ms. Murphy said. "On April 12, 2007, we rook both Mom's and Dad's ashes OUt to sea. They were joined again as they emered the Gulf Stream for a final trip to Fishers. n Mr. Sinclair is survived by a son, Peter S. Sinclair Jr. and a daughter, Heather Sinclair Murphy, both of Florida; and three grand- children, Adam Jason Sinclair, Ryan Patrick Murphy and Thomas Srewart Murphy. Memorial contributions may be sent to the Alzheimer's Community Care Asso- ciarion, 100 Norrhpoinr Pkwy # I 0 1 B, Wesr Palm Beach FL 33407. Polly Balding Continued ftom page 16 ing steward at Delaware Park Race Track in Delaware. Skilled and competitive, she was often in demand to ride for various horse owners. Born in New York City in 1907 to Marry Barron Atterbury and J. W. Fuller Potter, Mrs. Balding attended the Chapin School in New York City and the Fermata School ill Aiken, s.e In Aiken, she hOlled the riding skills that would lead her to be- come an inspiration to succeeding genera- tions of horsewomen. Mrs. Balding lived rhrough rwo world wars, the first landing on the moon and three marriages. Her first husband was Peter Baldwin of Bedford. She married Joe Shef- field of New Haven, Conn. in 1942 and moved with him to Camden. The Sheffields firsr came ro Fishers Is- land in 1945 and spent the next 25 years summering on the Island in what is now the Cameron house and later in the current Helfer home. Mr. Sheffield died ill 1971. In 1981, Mrs. Balding married Ivor G. Bald- ing, a professional polo player and later a thoroughbred trainer for the famed stables ofeV. Whirney. He died ill 2005. Mrs. Balding loved her summers of golf and bridge on Fishers Island. She especially enjoyed spending time with some of her best friends, Genie Legendre, Alice Rurherfurd, Jock and Betsey Whitney, Dougie Boocock and Matty Mauhiessen. Mrs. Balding held fiercely ro rhe old- fashioned values of good manners, com- passion and loyalty, yet maintained a thor- oughly modern openness to fresh ideas, books and movies, as well as to people of all ages, values and backgrounds. Her zest for the outdoors and the sporring life was unusual for a woman of her generation. Her lifelong love of quail hunting was driven primarily by the joy of watching her hunt- ing dogs work. When asked the secret of her longevity, Mrs. Balding would rely, "Fairh, good genes [her mother lived to be 96] and drinking lots of water!" Her sense of humor, many suspect, played a roll as well. In addition to her daughters, Mrs. Balding is survived by nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren, and three dogs. Donations in her memory may be sent [0 the Walter Crowe Animal Shelter, 460 S Fairs Sr, Camden SC 29020. Thomas O. Pyle Thomas O. Pyle of Boston, Mass. died at home July 18, 2007 of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 67 and had grown up on Fishers Island. Mr. Pyle is recognized as an early leader in the field of health maintenance organi- zations. He joined Harvard Community Health Plan (HCHp) in 1972. Member- . .. ~ . o 0> . ~ "0 :; . ~ o U o "0 ~ ~ THOMAS O. PYLE ship was 18,000 that year, 80,000 when he became CEO in 1978, and 525.000 in 1991 when he was forced to resign after a showdown with physicians over contractual Issues. By applying business strategies to the practice of medicine, he expanded HCHP from two centers to nearly four dozen loca- tions, gave nurse practitioners a greater role, embraced computerized medical records in their nascent days, and. to the chagrin of many donors, found ways to measure the qualicy of care. During his tenure, he helped transform the health care field by introduc- ing concepts that are commonplace today. "That was the visionary thing-he fos- tered innovation," said Dr. Donald Berwick, whom Mr. Pyle recmited to help HMOs use techniques from mher industries to measure quality at a time when economics called for cost cuning. "He had confidence that you could measure the quality of care. He regarded it as a maner of stewardship to make sure healthcare was greaL" The son of a house paimer and a schoolteacher, Mr. Pyle grew up on Fish- ers Island and owned a house on Fishers umil the mid-1990s. He always maimained an interest in lIlc Island in spite of a rough heginning. "He didn't fit in with summer residents or year-round residems," said his wife Regina. He graduated from Fishers Island High School at 16 and received a scholarship to Mas- sachusens Institute of Technology. He dropped au( of school after one year, however. Mr. Pyle went to New York City in 1957, where Jock Whitney, a Fishers Island summer residem, helped him land a joh as a page for NBC, which eventually led to "Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour." In 1961, Mr. Pyle became an accoum execu- tive with Young & Rubicam, an advertising agency, and met Regina Schlank, the sister of a colleague. They married in 1962. In 1965, Mr. Pyle moved (0 Boston as one of the few students admined to Harvard Business School without an undergraduate degree. He graduated in 1967 with Distinc- tion and as a Baker Scholar and worked in other industries before entering the health- care field. "Tom was a phenomenon at Harvard Business School," said Dr. Gordon Moore, a Harvard Medical School professor who was HCHP medical director under Mr. Pyle. "He could have done anything. He could have been a captain of industry and made millions and millions of dollars, so it's imer- esting that he picked heahhcare. He had a real need (0 do good." Afrer resigning as CEO, Mr. Pyle be- came an executive with MetLife Insurance Co., and was among those tapped by the Climon administration in 1993 to work on its proposal for a national heahhcare system. For nearly 20 years, he also served on the boards of private and not-for-profit corporations, including PolyMedica Corp. and Medical EducHion for South African Blacks. Diagnosed with cancer in May 2006, Mr. Pyle and his wife Hew to Greece and sailed a boat from Santorini through the Greek islands to Athens. In June 2007, by then quite ill, he rallied for a trip to his hOllse in the south of France, inviting friends for a final celebration. Mr. Pyle is survived hy his wife Regina Schlank Pyle ofBoslOn; a son, Scott Laugh- lin ofNatick, Mass.; two grandchildren, and a niece, Ann Banks, of Fishers Island. m"ter 2()(}H.Fi.~"ers Island Gazette 21 William Bruce May Cominlled from page 19 the relative importance of life around the summer colony, compared to what he had known for the past four years, he would don his uniform, go to the Officer's Club, order a beer and once again talk the Army's language. BrieRy, as before, he was a part of the military. But in the morning, it was on to the golf course or to duties of a civic or charitable nature. Mr. May grew up in Irvington, N.Y. He graduated from Admiral Farragut Acad- emy in Pine 13each, N.J. and from Union College in Schenectady. After the war, he worked for American Can Co. before join- ing the William B. May Co., a real estate company started in the mid-1800s hy his grandfather, a "house salesman" from Eng- land who sold to the Fricks, Morgans and Astors. The company was active on Fishers Island in the mid-1900s appraising property owned by the Fishers Island Development Corp. prior to sale. Mr. May met his future wife Jeanne at a church function. He took one look and ap- proached her. "He asked what my hushand did. When I said I was a widow, he immedi. ately asked ifhe could take me home," Mrs. May said. "1 said, 'No thank YOll,' and start- ed to walk away but turned back to look at him. He had started to walk away too, but turned his head for another look at me and walked into a wall. I couldn't resist a man with sllch savoir faire! "Fishers Island was always close to Bruce's heart. He bought a large piece of Fe Wright property on Silver Eel Pond and eventually huilr fWO houses there and sold lots to the Conams, Hickeys and Kent Rhodes." The Mays lived in Irvington and in 1993 retired to Chestertown, Md., where Mrs. May's ancestors had lived. Mr. May was commodore of the Fish- ers Island Yacht Club, 1983-84. His vi- sion of the memhership and dues systems resulted in a considerable increase in club activity. Among his innovations was the Commodore's Reception, now a popular annual event. Mr. May is survived by his wife of nearly 54 years, Jeanne Atkinson May of Chcstcnownj two daughters, Carolyn May Windham of Providence, R.t. and Leslie May Marra of Chappaqua, N.Y.; a son. 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Possible eXr,U1ShHl. 26 Fi.\'her.\' Island Gazette- Willter 2008 rn~st:tc IsLe J<eaLt:~ fDC, .J=isner<s Islaod, 0,(1. 06390 631"788"7882 Mid-Island New Construction This striking 3 bedroom, 3 bath house is located on approximately 1.7 very private acres on the East End and en- joys wonderful distam views of Block Island Sound from a very high van- tage poim. The main living space, lo- cated on the second leveL consists of a magnificent high ceiling living room/ dining room/kitchen area with a large beach stone fireplace, and a barh/pow- der room. The house includes Mon- drian-like oversized Marvin windows and woodwork throughout. The bedroom level consists of a master bedroom with an oversized walk-in closet, master bath, and two additional bedrooms and a bath. An extensive exterior decking system (approx. 3,000-4,000 square feer) is built entirely of mahogany, including the decking boards and railings. The kitchen is equipped with a Vulcan stove, a lovely soapstone sink, and beautiful cherry wood cabinets and prep island. The house is completed and certain items could be adjusted to a prospective buyer's personal wishes. Offered at $1,775,000. ~' ,,~. I ': 1" V . ,~\'" --J-~ 1"-' \,..., , . '. This charming and well-maintained two bedroom shingled cot-One of the last potential building sites in a highly desirable rage locared on The Cloaming enjoys a delightful view of West area of the Island, this lot consists of 2.52 acres of land on the Harbor. The first floor contains a nice living room/dining area, a inland side of Clay Poim Rd. It is unspoiled, quite privare and small but efficiem kitchen with ne.v appliances, bedroom, bath, has rhe poremial oflimited water views from the elevated interior and an office/sunroom. The second floor includes a nice-sized of the site. There is a long road frontage and easy access to exist- master bedroom with a small outside deck and a dressing room ing utilities for future building. The land abuts museum Land that is plumbed for a second barh. This fully wimerized and ar- Trust property. Offered at $480,000 with Suffolk County taxes tractively furnished dwelling sirs on .11 of an acre. The property is of $1 ,300, and a FIDCO assessment of $600. listed for $625,000 with taxes of $4,000. BAGLEY REID Broker. SUE HORN Salesperson. JIM REID Salesperson. www.mysticislerealty.com Winter 2()()8.Fisher.~ 1.~lalld Gazette 27 rTld'St:fC IsLe r<ealt:d' fDC, .J=lsner<s Island, n,(J. 06390 631--788-7882 . West Harbor Bungalow Enjoy beautiful views across West Harbor from the wonderful sun porch of this ] 900.'1 bungalO\v- style home. The property has a private dock and sits on a half-acre of rolling land directly on the harbor. Its desirable Hedge Street location com- bines a quiet neighborhood feeling on a dead-end street with the West End proximity to town. The house has three to four bedrooms and three bath- rooms. There is also a large two-car garage and a private driveway. The house is in need of some updating and is being sold "as is" for $1,990,000, with very reasonable taxes of $4,700. The house was appraised in 2005 for $1,950,000. ~ East End Waterfront This well-designed, beauti- fully comrrucred new home is located on approx. 3 wa- terfront acres overlooking Fishers Island Sound. There are grand interior entertain- ing spaces complete with a massive beach rock double fireplace, architectural an- tiques, custom moldings and cabinetry, and panel- ing throughout. There arc 4 bedroom~ and 5 full baths and the potential for easy fu- ture development. The first Aoor includes a panded mahogany library and a multi-season porch. Decks of Brazilian teak open off the first and second Aoors. Numerous amenities include a 5-'lone hydro heating/air conditioning system and 400-amp electrical service, wiring for com- puter/phone/stereo system and weather station. High quality appliances and hxwres were used rhroughOLIl the home. There is also a generous attached heated garage and fenced yard. Considering the location, property and high quality of construction, this very comfortable 4(jOO+ square foot chvelling is being offered at $3,000,000. 'Eues Approximately $] 4,000, 28 Fishers Island Gazette- Winter 2008 ... " . .. . Dick Tracy, always nattily dressed in dark suit and cap, mans the old East End gatehouse, circa 1938. Harris Parsons, who took the photo as a young teenager, said that vehicles sported numbered three-inch-diameter brass plates affixed to license plates, a fal" cry from today's stickers that are applied annually. , ({J) n crll IFJ @ DIl~ '0 ~C!;f1Cilnn~l1 . OLD. 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ESCHENES Deschenes & Cooper Architectural Millwork uses time-honored tradition with the latest technology to produce the finest quality, custom millwork. -Large inventory of historic molding profiles -High-quality kitchen cabinets. wainscot, windows. fireplace mantels. raised panel walls. doors. antique flooring and libraries 'State-of-the-art finishing -CAD services and shop dmwings -Quality installation -Mortise and tenon construction in all woodworking ARCHITECTURAL -M-I-b-b W-g-R-~ i 25 White Rock Road Pawcatuck, CT 06379 (860) 599-2481 30 Fishers Islalld Gazette-lllnter 2008 \ I \, . The F.1. Harbor Committee launched its new pump-out boat, the 19-ft. Harbor Honey, in June 2007. "We pumped over 600 gallons of waste this summer and delivered it to Noank Shipyard, which is connected to Groton sewage treatment faciilities," said Harbor Committee President Elbert Burr, who has spearheaded the effort to designate Fishers Island waters a No Discharge Zone (NDZ). "Next summer, we should have a much busier season, now that word is out that Fishers Island has pump-out facilities." Mr. Burr is applying to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a No Discharge Zone certificate for Fishers Island. Mike Conroy operates the pump-out boat. tay in Mystic... Mystic Shipyard has the perfect Mystic River 'home' for your boat - whether requirin~ safe storage for your boat this winter, or planning to visit ^-iystic this summer. Great transient packages for our friends from fishers Island planning 10 visit Mystic for the day. Selen. slip space - south of ALL bridges and well protectt'd - with no commercial traffic. 270 deepwater slips for boats from 18' to 70', and a riverside pool for our guests. Best full service marina - fiberglass repair and refinishing, full rigging shop, marine mechanics, diesel, gas. refrigeration and electronics specialists. Custom shipwright and woodworking. 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Mr. Rafferty is looking for historical and contempo- rary photos of the club, including both special events and "every day" images. The book covers a 100-year period, so images from all decades, from the 1910s to the present, are wanted. Pierce Rafferty PO Box 25 Fishers Island NY 06390 prafferty@fishersisland.net* Cell: 917.626.7482* Home: 631.788.7405 Work (museum): 631.788.7239 *Best to use I may be the last insurance agent you'll ever need. Home, life, auto, business, disability. It's a good idea to talk to your Farm Family agent about all your insurance needs. I can help you find gaps in your coverage that may put you at risk. And eliminate overlapping coverages you shouldn't have to pay for. For the custom-tailored cov- erage you deserve, count on Farm Family for personalized, professional service. Call me today. Farm Family Life Insurance Company Casualty Insurance Company Glenmonl. New York A company founded to serve Farm BureaLj members .. Kevin J. Cantwell AGENT 356 Middle Country Rd 5te 206 Coram NY 11727 631-696-7353 631-696-7390, fax Will/er 21J1J8.Pisher.~ l.~lalld Ga;:elle 33 .1 Grey Boy COlltinued from page 13 the time I had raced into the house, I was screaming hysterically. Fishers Island had no veterinarian, nor easy access to one, so we had w solve our own problems. My grandmother knew more about animals than most vets, and she kept a brown bottle of chloroform in the medicine cabinet, in case she had w put an animal ro sleep. My grandmother took Grey Boy from me and saw right away that his leg was bro- ken. She handed him to my mother and went to the medicine cabinet for the chlo- roform. When she returned with the brown bottle, I knew what it was for. I grabbed Grey Boy from my startled mother's arms and ran out of the house crying. My grandmother came outside and told me that Grey Boy would die a horrible death, and I should let her do the humane thing. I looked up from my hiding Spot un- der the big cedar tree and begged my grand- mother to let Dr. Hoch look at Grey Boy. For my entire childhood, the Island had ooe doctor: Ralph K. Hoch, M.D. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1960 and moved ro Fishers Island to begin a family practice. I fondly remember him 3rnVll1g at our house day or night, if called, always carrying his beat-up black doctor's bag; and when he had finished his examination, he would never forget to offer me a "sucker" (aka lollipop). Dr. Hoch nursed me though numerous childhood illnesses and the many stitches that, as a tomboy, I required. At the mention of his name, my grand- mother insisted that it was foolish to think that a busy docwr, especially during the summer months, would take the time ro look at a cat. My mother, who had followed us outside, looked at my grandmother and said, "Let's call him, what have we got to lose?" To my grandmother's astonishmem, Dr. Hoch wid us w bring Grey Boy to the office immediately. Imagine the other pa- tients' surprise as we walked into the wait- ing room carrying a howling cat. Dr. Hoch gently rook Grey Boy out of my arms and carried him to the examining table in the next room. Dr. Hoch confirmed my grandmoth- er's diagnosis. He told us, however, that he would set the leg if I agreed ro give Grey Boy lots of special care and keep the cat il1- side until its leg healed. I eagerly accepted my responsibilities. Dr. Hoch walked over to his glass med- icine cabinet and rook out the same brown bottle that my grandmother had reached for less than an hour ago. Thinking I had been tricked, I st.,rted screaming, "No, don't kill him!!!" (That must have given the patients in the waiting room something to think about!) Dr. Hoch calmed me down. He prom- ised not to hurr my best pal and eXplained that he was just going to give Grey Boy a little ether to relax him. Two tongue depressors, some casting material and a roll of gauze later, Grey Boy was ready to go home. Dr. Hoch called our house for the next few days to check on Grey 130y-the perfect patient, in my opinion. About four weeks later, after Dr. Hoch removed the cast, Grey Boy was as good as new. Grey Boy resumed his activities and for many years continued to make the (fip from the house to the fish market for his favorite fish stew. His joy, and mine, were both gifts of the kindly Dr. Hoch, who knew thete was more than one way to heal a broken leg and a nearly-broken hean. I , , . ~I II . ~I ~. n o ~ ~- . . Lobsterman Edmund Hedge, who lost an arm I when he was 17, I sits among lob. ster traps and barrels at his fish market on Hedge Street. 34 Fishers Island Gazette- Winter 200S ISLAND HARDWARE More than just locks and hinges 788-7233 f' SERVI..,TJIR. 'M Benjamin -+- ~ oore.iL.& ,-PAINTS --1 FISHERS ISLAND M@bir FULL SERVICE STATION Official New York State Auto Inspection Station CARCO' INSPECTION Fuel Oil Gasoline Propane Party Ice Diesel Service When you're in trouble, who are you going to call? E. Riley, station manager 631-788-7311 · 631-788-5543, fax. Emergency only: 788-7178 Wi"ter 2008.Fi.~"ers Islaud Gtlutte 3S Ne_ O_ners Open DrinL. 'n Vessel The Finan and Spinola families, anxious for a greater stake in Fishers Island, became landlords and business owners July 27,2007 when they purchased, from Liz Furse, Hair of the Dog liquors and the entire building in which the store is housed. Renamed rhe Drink 'n Vessel, their store, across from the village green, shares the first level with Topper's Ice Cream, owned and operated by Liz Furse, and The Pickett Fence, owned and operated by Jane Pickett. There are two residential remal units on the second Aoor. The dual owners have put a lot of work into their new venture with new gutters and fresh paint. They've also extended the liquor store's hours and created a new look with couches, art, plants and wine tasring tables. Laurie Partch Finan grew up on Fishers Island. She and her husband Chris moved to Niantic, Conn. so they could enroll their children in Fishers Island School. Evcntu- ally, they moved (0 Fishers Island and built a house here. Mrs. Finan is a realtor, licensed in New York and Conn.; assistant secretary of EI. Yacht Club; treasurer of Union Chapel; and a member of the Community Center Man- agement Committee. Her husband Chris is a field engineer for Motorola. He travels extensively but is on the Island most week- ends, They have three children, Abbie, 15, at Kenr; and Sammie, 16, and C.J., 11, both at F.I. School. The Finans met Eliana and Janio Spi- nola on the Island five years ago and im- mediately became friends. They traveled to Disneyworld and rook a cruise together. Mr. Spinola arrived in the United States from Brazil in 1983 with nothing bur a suitcase and a visa. Through hard work and determination, he made a life for himself and his family in the United States. Early in 2004, Mr. and Mrs. Spinola became U.S. citizens, not long after rhey had bought a house near the village centcr. In 1986, rhc Spinolas began working o '0 < ~ . . ., . Q ~ . t m . Nina Schmid entitled this picture, "The Lost Soles of Summer." She asked her sister to take a picture of the flip flops gathered on a rock at Chocomount Beach in late August. o '0 < ~ ~ . u . o . ~ . The Sailing Masters of 18'1 are an integral part of Fishers Island's "July 4th" celebration. Spon- sored annually by Island Concerts, the fife and drum corps was founded in 1963 to commemorate the role of Essex, Conn. in the War of 1812. Music is played on historical wooden fifes (no keys) and on handmade rope-tensioned snare and bass drums, some of which date to the 1800s. for Lee and Allie Hanley in Greenwich, Conn., and moved to Fishers Island in 1997 when Mr. Spinola bccame property man- ager for White Caps (the "Castle") and Mrs. Spinola was hired as chef. Mr. Spinola is a trustee of Union Cha- pel, and Mrs. Spinola is a deacon at Union Chapel. Both are acrive in cub scouts. The Spinolas have three children. Camilla is a sophomorc at Brown University; Andrew is a junior ar EI. School, and Erick is in first grade at F.l. School. Do." S<<:out Update Cynthia Riley's article on boy scouts published in rhe Summer 2007 issue of the Gazeue sparked a response from a man who said that he had been a boy scout on the Island years ago, and that it was time for payback. Hc made an anonymous $1000 donation to Fishers Island boy scouts in ap. preciation of his experiences on Fishers and also for the exemplary job scout leaders are doing with the current troop. 36 Fishers Island Gazette- Winter 2008 NY #33766 C1#603181 All Phases of Home Remodeling Extensions Decking Roofing Siding Windows Kitchens Bathrooms Doors Sheetrock Mouldings Cell phone: 1-631-943-7487 Licensed and Insured -^ 7~ . ,,- Sound Home Inspections, Inc_ uProfessional home inspection, from basement to chimney" Tom Morgan Notionolly Cernfied, Americon Society of Home Inspectors #5535 Connecticut license #H01.234 Fully Insured 25 years' experience Over 5,000 homes inspected . On-site computer generated reports . Specializing in older homes and commercial structures 860-445-1236 fax 860-572-9148 II"'"'''''''''''' C,- } ~/'1111lI"\\\".s' PO Box 393. 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"My grandparents used to rent one of the Three Sisters in the 1930s and 1940s," he said. "We had family on Fishers tracing back to the era of John Winthrop Jr. and Robert Fox, so I feel a strong connection to this place. "In 1964, my parents built a house on the eastern end of Chocomounr (now the Sednaoui house), and I bad various tele- scopes that I kept there. I was hooked the first time I looked through my dad's binocu- lars and saw that the moon had craters, "Fishers Island is a terrific place for am- ateur astronomy. The bane of the amateur astronomer's existence is artificial lighting, but the sky is very dark looking south from the East End of Fishers Island. There are no artificial lights. There is just Montauk at the tip of Long Island, and then i( is open sea." [Mr. Chester is one of the few people who have had the opportunity to use (he amique telescope at the Rafferty Observa- tory. See story on pages 6 & 7] Waymarking Race Rock Lighthouse In addition to geocaching and locating benchmarks, Geoff Chester also uses his GPS receiver for waymarking, a way to mark unique locations, cultures, animals. etc. on the planet and share them with others. [See www.waymarking.com] Mr. Chester posted coordinates and information about Race Rock Lighthouse in 2006. Race Rock Lighthouse Category: Coastal Lighthouses Posted by: StarryEyeGuy (Geoff Chester) N410 14.608W07r02.828 18T E 747439 N 4S69990 Quick Description: Victorian house style lighthouse built in 1879 off the west end of Fishers Island, N.Y. Location: New York, United States Date Posted: 8/21/2006 12:16:14 PM Waymark Code: WMMZC Reviewed By: Bernd das BrotTeam Long Description: I have known this lighthouse all my life.When I was a kid, it used to have a foghorn that can best be described as sounding like the death rattle of a cow. The "modern" one was installed in the '60s. The original Fresnel lens is located in the Henry L. Ferguson Museum on Fishers Island. The station was manned up until at ieast 1978. It now runs automatically. When this station was still manned by the Coast Guard, I used to go out to visit with one of the rotating crews, bringing them beer and goodies in exchange for a chance to fish for snapper blues off the rip rap and a place to stay for the night. It is an amazing structure, built on a huge granite boulder into which the cisterns for storing fresh water and lamp oil in the old days were blasted, then lined with concrete. It was considered one of the greatest engineering feats of the late 19th Century, and it still stands guard over one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the eastern U.S. It was built on the summit of the boulder by first erecting a cofferdam, from which the seawater was pumped out. The cisterns were blasted, the foundations were laid, and the structure completed by 1879. 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"We adjust to changing times," Mrs. Kibbe said. "We've had the wonderful support of the Freeman Foundation in recent years, but we desper- ately need new sources of revenue." In spire of rhe challenges, KTKI re- mains vibrant, and its reputation is gain- ing momentum. High school students arc raising money and preparing promotional CDs, KTKI ambassadors are growing in number, and a college professor recently started discussions about adding KTKI to her curriculum. Since 1987, Mrs. Kibbe has traveled to Cambodia, Russia, Kenya, Ethiopia, China, India and Nicaragua on hehalf of KTKI and maintains an active network. "We arc also very fortunate to have developed connec- tions in AFghanistan, Thailand, the Philip- pines and the Dominican Republic through resources on Fishets Island. n Mrs. Kibbe's journey for children began while waiting to address students during a 1986 book tour in Vermont. She had been reading the newspaper and saw the picture of a boy in a Cambodian refugee camp. Moved by the boy's circumstances, she told the chi!. dren about it and later received hand-drawn pictures in the mail from the students who wanted to communicate with the boy. In 1987, Refugees International sent Mrs. Kibbe to the refugee camp, where she found the boy. KTKI was born when she saw the effect the pictures had on children in the camp, and it was there that she im- mediately began developing a future KTKI network. For 20 years, KTKI has opened the eyes of children around the world, but recently it has touched some of the deepest wounds of this decade. "About two and half years ago, Ameri- Cares had a big drive to send supplies to Chad and included KTKI picture hooks," Mrs. Kibbe said. "Nicole Walden, with rhe International Rescue Committee (lRC) ill Chad, was so excited by the books and supplies thar she gave them (0 19- and 20- year-old ex-Sudanese soldiers in a camp for Darfur refugees. 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''';r (...~_ ., .AltF9.~~ '!"~r~""~", ~, A'/ ~~ ~ oI;~/I:i' ..;:.... ,"'~' I ~. k~ ~ ~ ~! 1'-"~ ~ --..J. ~ .. \-:: II:: r::z; '" ~ ~ <J..rZ'k "/l - .... ,.. . Children at the Island People's Project's 2007 summer program created books for Kids to Kids International.They became so involved that they kept asking to extend the time allotted for the project and began interacting with one another in more thoughtful ways after hearing about children in refugee camps. of sword-wielding men Uanjaweedj charg- ing in on horses chasing villagers, shooting and killing them. "Nicole had most of the poems trans- lated into English, and sent the books to me suggesting that I forward them to the International Criminal Court to prove what is going on in Darfur. But then I received an urgent message from Nicole a few months ago that we had to stop. Her IRC office in New Yotk said that the lives of UN. IRC and other peacekeeping personnel currently in Chad would be at risk if the books came to light in court. "We still have the books, abour 15-20, and we hope to find, as soon as possible, a way to safely exhihit them in the United States," Mrs. Kibbe said. Kids to Kids International, 1961 Com- metce Sr, Yotkrown Heights NY 10598. Phone: (914) 243-0305, fax: (914) 243- 0306, email.info@ktki.otg. Island Hardware Beacon for XM Radio Lominllt'd from page 5 say, 'No thanks. We're just listening to the radio.'" One day, Pat Kibbe came in and heard XM in the background. She said that she used to be on the radio and started bring- ing in newsletters and trinkets from annual old-time radio conventions. Mr. Thibodeau checked her out-she was Patricia Hosley then-in his 800-page Emyclopedia of Old- Time Radio and had an idea. "I asked Pat when her birthday was, and then I started emailing back and forth with Greg Bell, host of XM Radio Classics. . , He found one of her shows from the 1950s and aired it on her birthday last September. We set up XM at the library for the broad- cast," Mr. Thibodeau said. Mrs. Kibbe is thrilled. She has brought her old radio scripts to Fishers Island and hopes to organize a couple of radio shows at the library next summer, perhaps with some of her fellow old-time radio actors. Island Hardware may even gain some old-time radio notoriety: At least one radio historian has expressed an interest in inter- viewing Mr. Thibodeau and Mr. Banks. Pat Kibbe's Careers Continued from page 5 : E. Paul duPont hired her father to head In- dian Mmorcycle in Springfield, Mass. She loved riding motorcycles on back roads with her brothers when she was 11 and 12. She met her future husband, John, at high school in Wesdleld, Mass. and turned down a scholarship to Wellesley to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York Ciry. "1 had a crazy old agent in an office above Sardi's who kept saying, 'You little fat girl, go back to rhe farm. One day she add- ed, 'unless you want to read for Antoinette Perry [for whom Broadway's Tony@ Awards are named].' "So shortly after graduation from dra- ma school, I landed a role in Perry's Janie on Broadway and in the road production," Mrs. Kibbe was also in Leonard Bernstein's. On the Town. Between Broadway shows, however, she was sdlllooking for work. "A friend set up an interview for me with a famous writer of radio serials. We met in her Park Avenue penthouse, but she had nothing for me. She called later, though, and said she had written a part for me-a giggly girl named Bird Brain!" Mrs. Kibbe specialized in high lirtle girl voices and played on scores of radio com- edies, dramas and soap operas, including Suspense; Henry Aldric/r, It's Higgins, Sir, and The Brighter Day. The programs were always live or re- corded live for later broadcast. "It was crazy. There were no rehearsals and no retakes. Not only would we get scripts just before the show, but while we were on the air, the director would change our lines and literally rip pages out of our scripts!" As she transitioned to television, the list of Mrs. Kibbe's friends and associates reads like a who's who of 20,h century en- tertainers: Bob Hope C'A wonderful man; so sweer."), Jackie Gleason ("1 liked him, bur he wa< tough."), Jack Lemmon ("A dear friend. He gave us our first dog."). "Bob Hope and I were in a cab one day talking about how television necessitated certain facial 'improvements' that could be overlooked on radio. I had a plastic cap [0 cover a space between my two front teeth. Once, on a live television production, my line was, 'Come, Edward!' and as I quickly whisked my head from one side to the oth- er, my 'teeth' came flying out and hit the camera!" Multiple television appearances ranged from The Phil Silvers Show and Car 54, Where are You?to Lux Video Theaterand The Honeymooners, where Mrs. Kibbe played the recurring role of Agnes, Alice Kramden's sis- rer. Mrs. Kibbe went on semi-hiatus, while she and her husband raised their children in Westchester County. She would commute [0 New York City for a day of work, which was like a vacation to her, and directors still called, even when she was pregnant. One role called for a pregnam woman, but for another, on City Hospital, she stayed in bed on the set with a magazine over her stom- ach. Mrs. Kibbe ralks eodlessly and joyfully about all of her passions and, when asked, can even give a hearty rendition of her voice-over, with sound effects, for a Cocoa Puffs commercial. When Mrs. Kibbe's son Jonathan left for college, he gave her a tape recorder and said she should talk into it and become a writer. So she went to the New School for Social Research in New York City [0 study writing. "One day a literary agem visited class, just as the teacher was reading one of my chapters aloud. After class, the agent asked if she could try ro sell my book. I didn't even know it was a book! Two weeks later, she called to say thar she had just sold it to Wit/ter 200S.Fishers Island Gazette 4/ Koopf!" It was on a 1986 book tour in Vermont that Mrs. Kibbe saw the picture of a Cam. bodian refugee boy that led to the birth of KTKl. Mrs. Kibbe is known on Fishers Island as an author who has made hundreds of milkshakes for Island children through the years. "My father bought that milkshake machine when I was a child. I keep it on Fishers now, but I always took it on book tours, because the milkshake machine is featured in my book, Mrs. Kiddy and the Moonbooms. "Since I've finally relinquished some of my KTKI duties, I plan to gct back to writ- ing. In spitc of evcrything that I've done or plan to do, though, the best part of my life has always been on Fishers Island." ~ . Pat Kibbe performs with Bob Hastings at an OldTime Radio Convention in 1999. ~ ~ ~ . ~ .. ~ . ~ , o " . o .. ~ ~ . Art Carney and Pat Hosley (Kibbe) in a Lux Video Theater production (c. 1950-53) starring Veronica Lake. 42 Fishers Island Gazette- Winter 20011 The c7YLr:J. SULLIVAN AUTOMOTIVE CORNER CHEVROLET . BUICK . GEO . PONTIAC OLDSMOBILE. 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Peter Gaillard Tom O'Neil e~S Island lit:- - ~ '6- ~ F.!. Electric ~ F.I. Telephone F.!. Water Works ORGANIZATIONAL DIRECTORS Frank Burr, Chip duPont, Karla Heath Michael Imbriglio, Kathy Parsons Susie Parsons,John Spofford (Chair), Robert Wall Interesting Facts from FIDCO...... The East End was platted in the mid-1920s by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr of the Olmsted Brothers firm in Brookline, Mass. Mr. Olmstead was the son of the legendary designer of Cen- tral and Prospect Parks. FlDCO currently owns 379.09 acres of the 1800-plus acres that were part of the original Olmsted Plan. The Race Point Corp. was formed in the late 1950s to bid against developers who were poised to purchase the large track of land that was Ft. HG.Wright. Later the Race Point Corp. was folded into FIDCO. F IDCO was formed in 1960 to buy back the clubhouse and beach club that Remington Rand had held since 1949. 1n 1962. FIDCO bought out Fishers Island Estates, which held unsold East End land, the roads, water systems and golf course. These two FIDCO purchases unified the East End properties that had been split apart in the 1940s in the wake of the Depression. FIDCO purchases management services from the Fishers Island Utility Company. FIDCO has had three general managers. Dick Baker was manager from 1976 to ] 989, Tom Doherty from] 990 to 200] and Bob Wall from December 2001 to the present ) Winter lOOX-FisJu:rs Island (;azelte 45 $0 many memories...sun and rain, a generosiryof green and growing things, and now the withered grass. I:reen ThoUA h tl the cold, aod the wait for things to go new again. The thaw that will bring out the golden daffodils y ~ and the clumps of Siberian iris of purest white and asrilbe's feathery panicles of flowers, cream.colored ~. by Leila Hadley Luce d h II . k an s e pill . . Images of the past spring and summer unscroll from memory. Hummingbirds in vertical, quivering, sipping flight turn and fly horizontally past my eyes. A red-tailed hawk seizes an unwary mourning dove and later a herring gull whose neck it easily crushes with its beak. The blue intensity of sea and sky, hydrangeas and ceanothus, Tom Armstrong's amazing glass house in : the making. Masses of white clematis along the road. on either side. Dark purple buddleia flittered about :. by orange monarchs, yellow and black swallowtails, and small sulphur butterflies. The sweet scent of Madonna lilies drifting across the lawn. The moon a warm orange-gold ball in the dark sky. The lulling rhythms of the sea, the chime of Latimer's Light. Lycoris squ~migera blooming in; August, blanketing the bluffs above our beach with lavendery pink flowers. .~. I, ' An osprey with a fish in its talons Ayin~ ~owards its nest by Money Ponch9~ Money Pond, tre s~aps: a pen, a cob, and seven cygnets smoothly glidIng towards us for hom~~~e ct<}&ked-corn bread we ~;9U.ght ~ them daily from rhe rime the cygnets were a few weeks old until their beige fedtli'ers tl,.Une~ white. A catbird's ~ nest hidden in the spiky leaves of a py~acan.rha bush. ' ~.€\ ~ 'F #:" " / i 46 Fi.~her,~ Island Gazelle- Wimer 1008 Hay Harbor Club GOLF Men's Club Champion: Mark Andrews IV ladies Club Champion: Wendy Bingham Men's Senior Club Champion: Art Walsh Dolly Howard: Jane Crary August ladies Handicap: Susie Ferguson Colvin Cup: Tad Sperry, Ellen Harvey Ringers: (Julyl Susan Catlin: (Aug.) Peg Campbell Captain's Choice: (July) Sandy Davidson, Bert Stiff, George Esser, Sandy Esser. (Aug.) Karl Fransson, Martha Fransson, Alex Walker, Sandy Riegel Holes-in-One, 3rd hole: lJuly) Sandy Esser; Jake Har- rington; (Aug.) Susie Ferguson CLUB AWARDS Patricia King Cantlay Award: Aug.: Kitty Cook Maxwell S. Porter Award: July: Bea Kuijpers. Aug.: Oidie Kuijpers JUNIOR GOLF Pip Sinclair (July): Stuyvie Coleman Endeavor Cup (August): Garnett Reid Junior Club Cbampion (boy, girl): July: 9-hole, George Brown, Julia Leuchtenburg/Hope Cutler; 4.hole, Jack Foyle/Garnett Reid, Natalie Harrington; 2-hole, Henry McCall, Elsie Harrington. Aug.: 9-hole, Conner Henderson,Julia Leuchtenburg;4-hole, Garnett Reid; 2-hole, Charlie Parsons Junior RingerBoard: July: 9-hole, Emmet McElwreath; 4-hole, Garnett Reid; 2-hole, Avery Coleman. August: 9-hole, George Frank; 4-hole, Garnett Reid: 1-hole, Will Stark. Parent-ChildTournament: July: 9-hole, George & Lyons Brown 1421: 4-hole, Jack & Rich Foyle/Lilah & Toby Noyes (191: 2-hole, Avery & Kevin Coleman (91. Aug.: 9-hole.Clark& Brooks Hood 143):4-hole, Rich &Jack Foyle 1201: 1-hole, Kevin & Avery Coleman (13) Mostlmproved (boy, girl):July: Parter Goss,lilah Noyes. Aug.: Teddy Hood, Kate Frank 9-hole boys: July: I"Teddy Henderson 145). 2"" George Brown (45). Aug.: 1" Conner Henderson, 2"0 George Frank 9-hole girls: July: 1st Julia Leuchtenburg (49), 20a Hope Cutler (561. Aug.: 1st Julia Leuchtenburg, 20d Frances Bingham 4-hole boys: July: 1" Garnett Reid 122). 2"" Jack Foyle (221. Aug.: l' Garnett Reid, 2"" Teddy Hood 4-hole girls: July: pt Natalie Harrington (33), 20a Lily von Stade (341. Aug.: l' Lily von Stade, 2"" Natalie Harrington 2-hole boys:July: l' Charlie O'Neil1l21. 2"" Keeks George 1151. Aug.: l' Will Stack, 2"" Charlie O'Neil 2-hole girls: July: 1st Elsie Harrington (20), 20d Serena Pollard (30). Aug.: pt Elsie Harrington, 20d Delaney Eichorn Putting Champion (Young Juniors):July: 1" Jack Trevor (151. 2"" Emmet McElwreath 1171. Aug.: 1" George Frank, 20d Emmet McElwreath Putting Champion (Mighty Mitesl: July: I'Jack Foyle (17), 2nd Garnett Reid (20). Aug.: 1st Patrick Rose, 2nd Oliver Parsons Putting Champion (Mini Mighty Mites): July: 1" Avery Coleman 1171. 2"" Keeks George 1211. Aug.: l'Avery Coleman, 2nd Charlie Parsons Su......er ~007 Optimist Series fint./adv.): July: 1't Matt Burnham, 2"d Caroline McCance, 3r~ Bea Kuijpers. Aug.: 1" Bea Kuijpers, 2nd Quinton Parsons, 3rd Patrick Rose Racing Optimists: July: 1st Henry Keenan, 2nd Liam Cashel, 3rd Carter Rose. Aug.: 1" Carter Rase, 2nd Liam Cashel, 3'd William Strothe Race 4205 (Skipper, Crew): July: 1st Sarah Fiske, Kate Gaumond; 2nd Olivia Ball, Hannah Fiske; 3rd Beirne Hutcheson, John Callendar. Aug.: 1$1 Emily Cashel, Sarah Fiske;2"d Alex Strothe, Kate Gaumond,3rdWin Hotchkiss, Abbie Finan Most Improved Novice lboy, girl): July: Buford Reid, Courtney Clayson. Aug.: Philip Weymouth, Shelby Lusker Most Improved Intermediate (boy, girl): July: Garnett Continued on pilge 47 SAiliNG Nano Award (enthusiasm, spirit, sportsmanship): July: Harry Congdon. Aug.: Harrison Hall Ferguson Cup (July): Matt Burnham Lady Salvage Cup (August): Bea Kuijpers Shipshape Award (attentiveness to boat): July: liam Cashel. Aug.: Will Strothe Mimi & Margaret Award (most impressive capsize): July: Ainsley & Chris Ball Parent/Child Sailing: July: Matt& Brad Burnham. Aug.: William & Henry Keenan Instructor's Award: July: Olivia Ball. Aug.: Sarah Fiske. . Hay Harbor Club . o '0 ~ ~ e . 1; . < . ~ ~rrE~ <,#,~~~.' ..._".," ., ~..='~ & c . ~_ <l't. ".," ~ ...- __ ~--=r- . .....' All> '.' - ~, I":'-~'<i..~ ,,-=--,-,,-.,.:- :~.t1';.-",...,.......-.,.."h.J\' ({-'- -~- ,., _ ~~__' -r'fV ,.u ,. -~-'--~ '--'~"~ . -,.... :.".... .-. ...<..-.-..,~~.~ ): -, ." " ~_,' , I ___o~~-' L__~_ . ../~_.--: . ~..'~. ',- =--------- _ r=>-r ' ,,~ ( .-- -< \.' " ."....... ~ 1 - ..... - .-~... ~ - .~.- " .. Gc;;...~,_....r- . Hay Harbor Club (HHC) Golf Pro Tom Mackey and Assistant Pro Matt Locascio set up a min- iature golf course for junior golfers on the HHC putting green in July 2007. Nicholas Crary tries to figure out his putt with a putter in one hand and a lollipop in the other. Winter 2008- Fishers Island Gazette 47 Hay Harbor Club Contil/IINI from pilg!' 46 Reid, Meghan Grant. Aug.: Gardner Crary, Isabel Stack Most Improved Advanced (boy, girl!: July: Quinton Parsons, Bea Kuijpers. Aug.: William Keenan, Caroline Yerkes Most Improved Racing Optimist (boy, girl): July: Liam Cashel, Caroline McCance. Aug.: Carter Rose Most Improved 420 Skipper, Crew: July: Beirne Hutcheson, Gus Ireland. Aug.: Liete Eichorn, Dun- can Harvey SWIMMING Albert H. Gordon Award: July: Ainsley Ball. Aug.: Avery Coleman Coach's Award, Swim Team: July: Abby Noyes. Aug.: Isabelle Reid Most Improved 10 & Under (boy, girl): July: William Ughetta, Isabel Draper. Aug.: Oliver Parsons, Kate Frank Most Improved 8 & Under (boy, girl): July: Jack Soper, Amelia Cleary. Aug.: Will Stack, Nancy Curtis Most Improved 4 & Under (boy, girl): July: Robert Geniesse, Addie George Most Improved 6 & Under (boy, girl): July: Barron Jones, Serena Pollard. Aug.: David Shillo, Frederica Hamilton Most Improved, Swim Team: July: Charlie Ughetta Lap Chart Winner: July: Berkeley Soper (5961. Aug.: Edie Parsons Lap Chart Runner-up: July: Daphne BaIl1372}. Aug.: Hollin Hanau Swim ladder FreeStyle Winner, Runner-up: July: Page Soper, Ainsley Ball. Swim ladder Breaststroke Winner, Runner-up: July: Liam Cashel, Page Soper Diving,1'lPlace, Blue Division:July: Natalie Harrington. Aug.: Natalie Harrington Diving, 1'1 Place, White Division: July: Virginia Cook. Aug.: Isabel Stack Diving, Most Improved: July: Grace Bingham. Aug.: Amelia Riegel WINDSURFING Instructor's Award: July: Lion Creel. Aug.: Natalie Harrington Most Improved: July: Henry McCall. Aug.: Mecky Kuijpers Most Advanced (boy, girl!: July: Oidie Kuijpers, Bea Kuijpers. Aug.: Oidie Kuijpers, Bea Kuijpers KAYAKING Instructor's Award: July: Paige Coolidge. Aug.: Kate Frank Most Improved: July: Dylan Moody. Aug.: Elsie Har- rington Fastest Kayaker (boy, girl): July: William Keenan, Page Soper TENNIS William P. Becker Award: July: Kitty Cook. Aug.: George Frank Coach's Award: July: Kelly laughlin. Aug.: Isabel Stack Parent/Child Award: July: Jack & John Trevor. Aug.: Bart & Bart Harvey Most Improved Junior Team (boy, girl): July: Gerrit Gailla rd, J ea nie Dwinell. Aug.: George Frank, Natalie Harrington Most Improved Junior Clinic 8-11 (boy, girl): July: Sam Dwinell, Ainsley Ball. Aug.: Stuyvie Coleman, Mecky Kuijpers Most Improved Little Gripper 6.8 (boy, girll: July: Charlie O'Neil, Paige Coolidge. Aug.: Avery Cole- man, Isabelle Reid Most Improved Little Gripper4-6(boy, girl): July: David Shillo, Talbot von Stade. Aug.: Nathanial Miller, Louisa Saint Match of the Month: July: liza Noyes & Kitty Cook. Aug.: Isabel Stack & Betsy Sednaoui Boys Club Champion, 13 & Up IChampion, Finalist): July: Ben Noyes, Will Gwathmey. Aug.: Will Gwathmey, Penn Sednaoui Girls Club Champion, 13 & Up (Champion, Finalist): July: Kitty Cook, Eliza Noyes. Aug.: Kitty Cook, Hope Cutler Boys Club Champion, 12& Under(Champion, Finalist): July: Jack Trevor, Charlie Ughetta. Aug.: Conner Henderson, Blake Patterson Girls Club Champion, 12& Under(Champion, Finalist!: July: Emily Rand, Julia leuchtenburg. Aug.: Eleanor Sednaoui, Isabel Stack Boys Club Champion, 10& Under(Champion, Finalist): July: George Congdon, Gerrit Gaillard. Aug.: George Frank, Sam Epstein Girls Club Champion, 10& Under (Champion, Finalist): July: Bea Kuijpers, Natalie Harrington. Aug.: Natalie Harrington, Mecky Kuijpers Boys Junior ladder 13& Up: July: 1 'I Oidie Kuijpers, 2nd Teddy Henderson, 3'd Ryan Nelson Girls Junior ladder 13 & Up: July: P Kitty Cook, 2nd Kelly Laughlin, 3'" Alexis Gaillard Boys Junior ladder 12 & Under: July: 1'1 Jack Trevor, 2nd Elliot Borden, 3'd Emmet McElwreath, 4th Henry Keenan, 51h Brooks Hood. Aug.: l'\Jack Munroe, 2"d Will Strothe,3rd ElliotBorden,41h Blake Patterson, 51h Emmet McElwreath GirlsJunior ladder 12& Under: July: 1 SI Jeanie Dwinell, 2nd Caroline Congdon, 3'd Virginia Cook, 41h Charlotte Clayson, 51h Julia Leuchtenburg. Aug.: 1'\ Bea Kui- jpers, 2nd Isabel Stack, 3rd Virginia Cook Boys Junior ladder 10 & Under: July: 1'1 George Congdon, 2nd George Brown, 3'd Gerrit Gaillard. Aug.: 1't Connor Henderson, 2nd George Frank, 3rd Sam Epstein Girls Junior ladder 10 & Under: July: 1'1 Bea Kuijpers, 2nd loe Calahan,3'd Olivia Cleary Green Tennis Shoe Award: July: George Congdon. Aug.: George Frank Fishers Island Club Golf Men's Club Championship: Winner: Phil Musser; Runner-up & Medalist: Peter Baccile ladies' Club Championship: Winner: Susie Parsons; Runner-up: Sheldon Withers Junior Club Champions: Alex Lynch Jr., Julia leuc hten- berg Men's Invitational: Championship Flight: Winner: Peter Baccile, Rick Pagnani; Runner-up: Ed Anderson, Scott Cardozo; Beaten Four: Peter Gaillard, John Castleman; Beaten Two: Peter Upson, Chris Edwards. FirstFlightWinner: Tim Brown,Jay Rice; Runner-up: John Harris, John Harris Jr.; Beaten Four: Christie Flanagan, Rayburn Tucker; Beaten Two: Bill Hall,Art Ensley. Second Flight: Winner: Malcolm McAllister, George Hubbard; Runner-up: Alex Walker, Whit Wagner; Beaten Four: Phil Musser, Alex Beard; Beaten Two: Michael Flinn, Gordon Kratt.Third Flight: Winner: AI Stickney, Harold Herrick; Runner-up: Bobby Parsons, David Barrett; Beaten Four:Andrew Burr, Ethan Brown; Beaten Two:Ted Henderson, Guy Wisinski. Fourth Flight:Winner: Bob King, Bob Lieber; Runner-up: MaxSoper, Will Vogt; Beaten Four: Davis Clayson, George Nichols; Beaten Two: John Blondel, Henry Williams: Fifth Flight: Winner: RannyWyckoff, Ashton Wyckoff; Runner-up: Mac Dunwoody, Jim Crownover; Beaten Four: Ed Trippe, Harry Howell; Beaten Two: Chauncy Goss, Tim Lufkin. Sixth Flight: Winner: Bill Sachs, Rick Benners; Runner-up: Peter lawrence, Ray Empson; Beaten Four: Richie Jones, David Foulk; Beaten Two: Reginald Thors, James Cabot. Seventh FlightWinner:Ted McGraw, William Campbell; Runner-up: Jerry Guthrie, Jim lorlas; Beaten Four: Reed Kean, Tony Cicatiello; Beaten Two: Malcolm Miller, Curtis Brockelman. Eighth Flight Winner: laurence Rubinow, John Finguerra; Runner-up: Bill McCance, Andrew Nelson; Beaten Four: KentSednaoui, Chris Morley; Beaten Two:Tom Sargent, Joel Sirkin ladies Invitational: Day 1: Gross: Liz Furse, Linda Holbrook, Charlotte McKim, Margot Grodsky. Net: Susie Sinclair, Shirley Babington, Bobsie MacLeod, Patty Jenkins. Day2: Gross: Sheldon Withers, Jodie Wilmerding, Helen Bonsai, Georgie Hutton. Net: Agnes Boswell, Mardie Off, Sharon Frisbie, Emmy Hobson. Overall Winners: Gross: Susie Parsons, Patsy Warner, MissyCrisp, Kate Trotman. Net: Ellen Schiefer, Paula Comisar, Jane Crary, Kate Ginnel. Overall Runners-up: Gross: Christy McG raw, Jeniffer Vogt, Kate lawrence, Kim Whetzel. Net: Margot Bogert, Gay lehman, Missy Renwick, Carolluders Mixed MemberGuest: Gross 1st: Dick& Wendy Bingham, Bob &Sandra Barrett;2od: Henry&Allison McCance, Keith & Bev Jennings. Net1$1: Laurence & Betty Ann Rubinow, William & Diann Weinke; 2nd: Willard & Ka ren Soper, Ted & Susan Galo. Saturday low Gross: Jerry & Margot Bogert, Jim & Missy Renwick; low Net: Christie Flanagan, Alice Hanley, Remy Trafalet, Merrill Hanley. Sunday low Gross: Paul & Sheldon Withers, Ed & Penny Goodman; low Net Peter & Susan Chapman, Rick & Kim Fisher Men's Senior Club Championship: Gross: 1'1 Christie Flanagan, 2nd Bill Hall. Net 1'1 AI Stickney, 2nd Lau- rence Rubinow ladies Senior Club Championship: Gross: Sheldon Withers. Net: Helen Bonsai Men's Gold Tee Champion: Dick Bingham Susan G. Komen ladies' Tournament Gross: 1st: Sheldon Withers, Liz Furse, Ashley Harrington, Susie Sinclair; 2nd: Cindy Dwyer, Mary Carpenter, Katie Lawrence, Marge Helfit Kirkland Cup: Lizora & Sam Yonce, logan Yonce, Jim Hamilton Wyckoff Jr. Championship: Ben Gray, Stuart Gray L&M Pro Am: Team Event 1st: Glenn Solomon, Sandy Davidson, lizora Yonce, Pro: Tom Henderson; 2nd: Harry Yerkes, Carter Sednaoui, Allison McCance, Pro: Jimmy Noris; 3"': Russ Planitzer, Chris Milliken, Lisa Ireland, Pro: Rob Barbeau Columbus DayTournament: George Ireland, Lisa Ireland, Gail Cypherd, Greg Cypherd 48 Fishers Islalld Gazette- Winter 1008 SiLerian Journey 10 laL.e BaiL.al Elizabeth "E.B" Bartels traveled to Lake Baikal in Siberia last summer as part of a Wellesley College Russian Arca Studies/En- vironmcntal Science course. Considered the "Russian Galapagos Islands," Baikal, which has 22 islands, is the single richest location in Russia for endemism, with more than 1500 species of unique Aora and fauna. The lake is the oldest (ovet 25 million years) and the deepest (about one mile) in the world. It contains one.fifth of the earth's fresh water. E.B.,20, a Russian majorand5rudioArt minor at Wellesley, traveled and studied with 11 othcr students. It took five days by plane, train and boat to reach the village of Bol'shie Koty, on the shore of Lake Baikal. "In some ways, Baikal is more like an ocean than a lake, with its freshwater seals and sponges," E.B. said. "We spent three-and. a~half weeks at the biological station in the village designing and testing an experiment on the lake, and studying benthic organisms on the lake bottom. To capture the organisms, we fashioned traps out of recycled bottles and stones that we found on the beach. "Our trip ended with a five-day excur- sion on the lake. We visited Olkhon Island (legendary burial site ofGenghis Khan), the sulfur-stinking hot springs at Snake Cove, and the nerpas (Baikal's freshwatcr seals) at their breeding grounds on the Ushkany Islands." A second part of the trip was interact- ing with villagers and interviewing them ahout folklore. "Apparently, residents had been friendly and welcoming in the past but now have become abrupt because of a recent influx of obnoxious tourists who litter and are a general nuisance," E.B. said. "Fortunately, Ada Ivanova, the house- keeper at the biological station and dorm, was one of several residents willing to talk to us. She invited us to her home for tea and cake and jam. "Ada Ivanova is in her 70s and has lived in Bol'shie Koty all her life. She leaves the village twice a year, and only in wimer, in a vehicle driven over the ice, because she is afraid of long boar trips. She makes one trip a year to Irkutsk, the major Siberian city, to buy supplies. Her other trip is several weeks at a spa in a neighboring town. Lake Baikal is known as the "Blue Eye of Siberia." More than 330 rivers flow into Baikal, but only one, the Angara, flows out. . Overlooking the village of Bol'shie Koty, which has about 50 year--round residents. L .cT- . .These two boats were used for excursions and for a five-day trip on the lake. Most boats on Lake Baikal are old military boats that were purchased by civilians when the Soviet Union collapsed. Docks are not necessal"Y, because Lake Baikal was (ormed by plate tectonic shifts that caused deep craters, which drop off sharply, like the edges of a bathtub. ,~ . ,. KAZAKHSTAN '. . ~ . m <Ii w ~ ~ .- o a ~ ~ . Shaman Rock on Olkhon Island is iconic landmark of lake Baikal. ~.." -".- "~.- ...~'.-. ~ -= ~~""" P 0 G (} II R II ,! ...!:O . -"--~~.._. ..- _....,.~_-~,L~. .._~L' , , I , ] rt~~~'ll ~ ',2i11 ~ . ~j ~ .~~LDlJ MOCKBA-SflA,CjUBOCT?K . One part of the journey included a 50-hour train ride on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. . lake Baikal, is one mile deep and contains one-fifth of the earth's fresh water. miller 20(JR-Pishers 1~'1alld Gazeltf! 49 . E.B. Bartels in Lake Baikal. ./ ,~ I . Dormitory at the biology station in the vil- lage of Bol'shie Koty in Siberia. . Ada Ivanova's family makes up a large per- centage of Bol'shie Koty. She runs her farm, milking cows every morning; sells some ofthe jams and pickled vegetables that she grows and processes herself; and washes linens daily by hand as housekeeper for the dormitory. 50 Pishers Island Gazette- Will/er 2008 A.nnoun<<:ernenl~ Engagements Mimi Gary and John Simpson, June 2008, Fishers Island. Camilla Spinola and Cale Turner, Fishers Island. Weddings Elizabeth Porter and Matthew Walker, May 20,2007, Cape Cod, Mass. Mary Firestone and James NapperTandy II, June 9, 2007, Harbour Island, the Bahamas. Kate Malinowski and Graham Bunce,June 23,2007, Fishers Island. Wi pad a Praew Metheewuthikorn and Kyle Edward Heath,Aug. 5, 2007, Fish- ers Island. Billie Jo Maley and Rick Jenssen, Sept. 8, 2007, Scranton, Pa. Corrente Schankler and Nathaniel Hunt, Sept. 8, 2007, Fishers Island. Victoria Hodges and Nishan Vartanian, Sept. 29, 2007, Highlands, N.C. Amanda Claire Todd and Barclay Lynch, Sept. 29, 2007, Pinehurst, N.C. Meri Lee Wall and M. Brooke Tyler IV, Sept. 29, 2007, Mystic, Conn. Joy deMenil and Laird Reed, Oct. 6, 2007, Fishers Island. Shaudy Moayery and Stuart Ridgway, Nov. 3, 2007, Gettysburg, Pa. Births Suzanne EleanorThatcher,Aug. 23, 2006, to Elina and James Thatcher, Aug. 23, 2006, Lyons, France. Campbell Taylor Strong, Nov. 9, 2006 to Alex (Kean) and Ben Strong, Scituate, Mass. Kloe Scroxton, May 31,2007 ,to Darcy and Derek Scroxton, Fishers Island. Gretchen"Greta" Neuhoff Solomon, Oct. 27,2007 to Margaret (Flanagan) and Glenn Solomon, Dallas, Tex. Wilson Lawrence Schaffer,Sept.27,2007, to Molly duPont and Trevor Schaffer, Belleair, Fla. William duPont Hendriksen, Nov. 20, 2007, to Sarah duPont Hendriksen and Edwin Hendriksen, Winter Park, Fla. Theo Goodman Firth Bank, Dec. 10, 2007, to Katie (Firth) and Jonathan Bank, New York City. Eloise Warden, Dec. 19, 2007, to Ma,... garet (Smith) and Bob Warden, New York City. Benjamin Phillip Garrison, Jan. 4, to Caroline (Rugg) and Stephen Garrison, Aiken, S.C. Paige Carson Eaves, Jan. 28, to Nancy (Dwyer) and Blue Eaves, New York City. McCance Capsize Corltinued ftom page 9 which is supposed to keep the Bullseye afloat, but it was cracked prior to this in- cident. " Mr. McCance learned to sail in a Ski- doo in Hay Harbor in 1938 and had his own Bullseye from 1948-52. His grear. grandfather was Henry Ferguson. Mr. Mc- Cance's wife, Serita, is a direct descent of John Winrhop Jr. "For my 74'h birrhday (Nov. 16,2007), my wife bought me a Bullseye. She said, 'Now if you sink another one, it will be your I'"~ own. cr. About a minute after that, to the cheers of the assembled, Osprey broke the surface like a breaching whale. The diver had placed a deflared rubber bladder in rhe bow of rhe Bullseye and had inflared ir with a can of compressed air. "They rowed Osprey ro rhe yachr club, and in time we discovered thar rhere was no damage and no loss of equipment, even the paddle. There was a crack in the air tank, - . Elizabeth Airport, Fishers Island. I CLASSIFIED HOUSE FOR RENT: Up to 14 days. Large, nicely furnished home with water view. Great location. Call: 860A34-5096. LAND FOR SALE: Buildable lots on East End. Possible water views. Call 860-434-5096. rs--.9 rs--.9 BACK ISSUES of the Gazefte are not filled with old news-they are packed with Island history. Issues are available from 1992 to the present and cost $6. 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