125 Years Ago 1897
From The East Hampton Star, October 8
In commenting upon the public meeting recently held in East Hampton, relative to the macadam road project, the Signal says: “This is an evidence of public spirit on the part of the citizens of East Hampton that is highly commendable. The building of the roads will be an improvement that will ‘pay.’ Good roads are an attraction that no well ordered village can afford to be without. East Hampton has made a good beginning, and we hope the proposed improvement will be made.”
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Bicycle racing on Main street after dark is a thing that should be stopped. While some boys were indulging in this dangerous sport on Monday evening C.E.C. Homan was knocked down and run over by one of the cyclists, and badly bruised. Had Mr. Homan been less lenient he would probably have made an arrest.
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Mrs. Christian Herter, of New York, has been a guest at the Osborne House this week. Mrs. Herter owns a handsome tract of land at Jericho, on the Bridge Hampton road, upon which in the early days of East Hampton was located the old Dayton homestead. She says she will occupy her house there next summer in company with her son, an artist, who is now abroad, and will build a handsome residence upon the point of land which puts out into Georgia pond.
100 Years Ago 1922
From The East Hampton Star, October 6
Arthur Cozine, location manager of The Famous Players Corporation, arrived in Sag Harbor Saturday night to make arrangements for a movie feature in Sag Harbor. The picture is entitled “Back Home and Broke” and from the story of the famous George Ade. Thomas Meighan, one of the biggest stars in the moving picture world, will appear in the leading role. The leading lady is to be the dainty Miss Lila Lee. Mr. Meighan motored from New York to the Sea View House. Miss Lee, with her mother, arrived by train Monday.
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At the special meeting of the town board held at Clerk Ketcham’s office Wednesday, September 27th, which was held for the purpose of opening bids on the construction of a concrete road on Napeague Beach, it was decided to wait until spring and then advertise for bids again, as only one bid was received and that called for $22,755.66 or nearly $5,000 more than the town has on hand for building this road.
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“Say Mister, do you want to buy some real good whiskey, cheap?” was the query put to former Sheriff Charles Odell in broad daylight on Tuesday, September 26, in the third year of Prohibition on the main street of Bay Shore.
Odell was thunderstruck and dismissed the man as a harmless crank, although the vendor was lugging a gallon jug in which he claimed were two quarts of real honest-to-god whiskey.
75 Years Ago 1947
From The East Hampton Star, October 9
The Suffolk County Committee for American Relief for Poland, Inc. will open its campaign in the county on Sunday, October 12th. The campaign will close on Sunday, October 26th.
All residents of Suffolk County are earnestly solicited to contribute canned food, new and used clothing and shoes or money with which to purchase medicine and hospital equipment for the many millions of men, women and children of Poland, who have suffered such great privations and hardships as a result of World War II and who face a winter of great distress.
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Meeting in executive session last night, the Town and Village Boards of East Hampton declared 1948 the year to celebrate the three hundredth anniversary of the settlement of East Hampton. A proclamation to that effect has been drawn up.
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Miss Dorothy McCauslan will be at the Mediterranean Shop (opposite Edwards Theatre) every afternoon beginning Monday, October 13th, to receive good used clothing and food to ship to individuals in Maidstone, Kent, England.
The clothing must be clean and in good condition and if possible the size marked on each garment.
Will anyone wishing to help pack parcels or do clerical work please get in touch with Miss McCauslan, telephone E.H. 734.
50 Years Ago 1972
From The East Hampton Star, October 5
The first thumps in what a number of investors believe will be a big boom for Montauk in the ‘70s were heard this week on the East End as reports were confirmed: that the 200-room Montauk Manor had been franchised to become a Hilton Inn and that the Montauk Yacht Club was slated to be reconstructed as a year-round luxury resort.
A spokesman for the real estate division of the Hilton chain said Tuesday a proposal for the Manor to be converted into a Hilton Inn had been approved by the chain’s executive board.
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Montauk
The Montauk Air Force Wives Club will sponsor a bake sale in front of Martell’s store on Sunday to benefit a postage fund for clothing recently collected in a Base drive for the China Beach Orphanage in South Vietnam.
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East Hampton voters will choose two additional Councilmen for the Town Board on Nov. 7. They will serve one-year terms, beginning Jan. 1, 1973. These Councilmen will replace two Town Justices, who will, after Jan. 1, be relieved of their legislative duties and handle court cases only. The Star has, for this issue, interviewed the two Republican candidates, Mary Fallon (Mrs. John), and Richard B. Herrlin. Next week, we will hear the views of the Democrats, Andrew Malone Jr. and John Bistrian.
25 Years Ago 1997
From The East Hampton Star, October 9
In a move mirroring a similar setback that took place a year ago this month, a Congressional committee has done away with $2.5 million earmarked to preserve Montauk’s Shadmoor property.
A joint Senate and House conference committee that is attempting to forge a 1998 Interior Department spending bill declined to include the appropriation for Shadmoor that had been included in the Senate’s version of the bill.
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A “treasure trove” of documents relating to Sag Harbor’s mid-17th-century whaling industry will soon be added to the Pennypacker Long Island Collection at the East Hampton Library, courtesy of the East Hampton Rare Book and Map Society, which purchased them last month at a Manhattan auction.
Among the four sets of papers is a comprehensive account of the activities of a fleet of whaling vessels owned by Charles T. Dering, including crew lists, sailing dates, and money earned from each voyage. The manuscript forms an unusually complete record covering the years 1828 to 1885.
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Sag Harbor Mayor Pierce Hance on Tuesday announced a tough crackdown on noise, rowdy behavior, and parking problems neighbors say have been caused by three popular bars and nightclubs.
The plan includes a new, stronger noise ordinance, scheduled for a public hearing next month, resident-only parking permits, and a lobbying effort to change state law to give residents the right to hold referendums on what kind of establishments can serve liquor in the village.
