125 Years Ago 1897
From The East Hampton Star, March 12
We had a pleasant call from Rev. A.E. Johnson, of the Indian Reservation at Shinnecock, yesterday. Mr. Johnson expressed himself as confident of the success of the Montauk Indians in their suit against the Montauk owners.
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Yesterday was hailed with joy as the first spring-like day. After a long spell of threatening and unsettled weather the bright sunshine did the hearts of the people good. The roads are getting settled, and prospects are good for an early spring. It is to be hoped, however, that April will bring her full quota of rain, as many wells and cisterns in town have become dry. It may be well to be on the watch for heavy weather, with possibly a blizzard thrown in, during the last two weeks of the month.
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The article in another column, from one of our summer residents, concerning East Hampton’s need of a first-class inn, is packed full of truths. We hope more of our readers will set their pens to work, and keep the subject fresh in the minds of all who are interested in the growth and prosperity of East Hampton.
100 Years Ago 1922
From The East Hampton Star, March 10
At one of the largest and most representative meetings of the voters of Union Free School Dist., No. 1, held last Saturday night at Odd Fellows’ Hall, the proposition to build a modern school building on the present site on Newtown lane at a cost not to exceed $200,000 was passed. The new building will replace the present frame building, which will be disposed of to the best advantage.
The meeting, at which there were 250 in attendance, was a most harmonious one.
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Those men who would rather remain idle than accept anything less than war-time wages will receive scant encouragement from the farmers this year, according to an investigation just completed by John B. Shepard of the U.S. Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. The farmers of this state are engaging men at wages only slightly above those paid in 1917 and they are employing only half as many hired men as they had that year. Compared with last year the number of men employed has not changed but, judging from agreements already made, wages will be 10 per-cent lower.
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Nelson C. Osborne won out in the caucus for nomination for village president at the mass meeting held Monday night at Odd Fellows’ hall. There were two nominations for village president, Mr. Osborne and Jonathan Baker, who is just completing his term of office as president of the village. There were 273 votes cast in all, 152 for Mr. Osborne and 121 for Mr. Baker. Mr. Baker then moved to make the nomination unanimous, which was carried.
75 Years Ago 1947
From The East Hampton Star, March 13
President Truman presented the Harmon Trophy to Juan T. Trippe, President of Pan American World Airways and East Hampton summer resident, at a White House ceremony attended by high officials of the Army, Navy, and other government agencies at Washington recently.
The Ligue Internationale des Aviateurs made the award to Mr. Trippe, as directing head of Pan American World Airways, for “outstanding leadership, patriotism, unselfish devotion to the security and economic progress of the United States” in the critical days preceding and during World War II.
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On Wednesday evening, March 19th, St. Philomena’s Church will present its Sixth Annual St. Patrick’s Entertainment at the Edwards theatre beginning at 7:00 o’clock. From pre-performance sale of tickets and from all other indications, the committee expects that great numbers will fill the theatre on that evening to do honor to the memory of a great saint and the patron of the sons and daughters of old Erin Isle.
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The combined bands of the Bridgehampton and East Hampton schools will give a concert in the East Hampton High School Auditorium on Friday, March 14, at 8:30 p.m.
There will be no charge for admission. The band is composed of about ninety members of the two schools and will be under the direction of Charles Mockler, director of music at the Bridgehampton High School, and Kenneth G. Stowell, music director of the East Hampton High School.
50 Years Ago 1972
From The East Hampton Star, March 9
Will the groupers really stay away next summer, now that they are a no-no in East Hampton and adjacent summer colonies?
Or will they sneak in and hole up in “Home, Sweet Home”?
To find out, I threw my skis in the back of my bucket a few days ago and took off for Poverty Triangle in Vermont, whose vertices include Bromley, Stratton and Magic Mountains.
Poverty Triangle used to be called the Golden Triangle. Not this year. Ten days ago UPI cheerfully reported that the Northeast ski areas had dropped some $104 million this season due to lack of snow.
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Max Pollikoff of Amagansett, a concert violinist and the director of the “Gallery of Music in Our Time” in New York, will present the second in a series of Sunday afternoon talks about music at the Hampton Day School on Sunday, March 19, at 3:30 p.m.
Mr. Pollikoff will discuss the changed qualities in music in the last 70 years and discuss with the audience the ways in which more participation on the part of the listener is required. He will use the violin to demonstrate his talk.
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Pledging “aggressive action” to prolong the life of agriculture in Suffolk, County Executive John V.N. Klein announced last Wednesday night the membership of an advisory agricultural commission formed to assist him in solving the problems of farmers and maintaining their industry as a viable economic force.
In an address delivered to the Long Island Agricultural Marketing Association in Southampton, the County executive cited agriculture as an economic mainstay of Eastern Suffolk and a defensive barrier against the eastward march of suburban sprawl.
25 Years Ago 1997
From The East Hampton Star, March 13
Most Holy Trinity, East Hampton’s 103-year-old Roman Catholic Church, will have a parish hall at last. Construction of the 7,200-square-foot multipurpose building, just west of the church’s school on Meadow Way, could begin as early as May, church officials confirmed this week.
More than twice the size of the historic Buell Lane church, the proposed structure will accommodate some 600 worshipers at Christmas, Easter, and summer-weekend masses.
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Over 100 residents of the Montauk Motel and several members of the Montauk Fire Department’s ambulance squad were administered preventive antibiotics this week after three men were sent to Southampton Hospital with symptoms of bacterial meningitis.
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A drive-in movie complex with three giant screens and enough parking for more than 1,400 cars could be the next coming attraction for Wainscott.
The East Hampton Town Planning Department received a set of plans and a permit application this week to build the “Summertime Drive-In” on the sprawling former sand pit behind Wainscott Sand and Gravel Corp. on Montauk Highway. The plan calls for the development of more than 24 acres of the 71-acre expanse.
