125 Years Ago 1897
From The East Hampton Star, September 10
The fall and winter time table of the Long Island Railroad will go into effect Sept. 21. It is reported that the management proposes to keep its liberal plan of trains running after the summer season closes, and that better time will be made and more trains run than heretofore in the winter time.
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Two members of the Century Wheel Club, of Philadelphia, were in East Hampton Sunday, having come from Brooklyn on their wheels. They both spoke highly of the Bridge Hampton bicycle path, claiming that it was the prettiest stretch on the whole route.
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FOUND
On Saturday afternoon, September 4th, a female fox terrier, — white, with liver colored spots — was wounded in one of her hind legs by the kick of a horse on the Apaquogue Highway, in front of the premises of the undersigned, and has since then been kept and cared for by him. The owner will please present proof of ownership, pay expenses and take her.
John D. Skidmore
100 Years Ago 1922
From The East Hampton Star, September 8
Nearly 125 children of St. Philomena’s church enjoyed the day’s outing at Maidstone Park, Tuesday of this week. It was regular picnic weather and it was with great excitement that the children boarded the large trucks that conveyed them to and from the picnic grounds. Several mothers and fathers of the children took the day off and went along with their children.
Father B.J. Reilly accompanied the kiddies on their outing and seemed to enjoy the sport as greatly as his charges. He acted as general supervisor throughout the day.
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Two hundred members of the Southampton and East Hampton summer colonies assembled last Thursday afternoon in the music room of Mrs. P.A. Valentine’s house, on the invitation of the national committee for mental hygiene, to listen to addresses on practical aims to conserve mental health. It was one of several meetings that have been held at various summer resorts this season.
Dr. Walter L. Niles, who is passing the summer at Southampton, presided and introduced the speakers, Dr. Stephen Pierce Duggan and Dr. Frankwood Earl Williams.
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Thousands were the motorists who hit the Sunrise Trail over the last week-end and Labor Day. According to statements from managers of the local hotels and inns, East Hampton had the biggest Labor Day in its history. The motorists were not attracted to East Hampton by any especially prepared holiday program but were just down on the east end of the island, as it is the end of the Sunrise Trail. The hotels and private boarding houses could not begin to handle the parties that asked for nights’ lodging. At one private home, over thirty persons asked to be lodged overnight.
75 Years Ago 1947
From The East Hampton Star, September 11
At a meeting of the Village Board on Friday night a public hearing was held concerning a proposed ordinance permitting Sunday baseball in East Hampton. Otis Barns and Sheppard Frood spoke in favor of Sunday baseball and no one was heard in opposition. Following the hearing the board adopted an ordinance permitting Sunday baseball in the incorporated village, after two o’clock Sunday afternoon. The ordinance is now in effect.
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Joseph F. Gunster was reelected chairman of the Guild Hall Board of Trustees at the annual meeting, Friday, September 5, by unanimous vote of the trustees. Mr. Gunster had at first declined the nomination because of his many duties as president of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, but later reconsidered after being “drafted” by board members who wrote special letters urging him to continue the splendid work he had done as chairman for the past three years.
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The Long Island Presbytery met on Tuesday in the Presbyterian Church here, morning and afternoon. Dr. Walter Clothier, who has traveled widely in Africa and South America, spoke in the afternoon. The Lyman Beecher Chapter of the women’s association of the church served luncheon to the visiting clergy and laymen.
50 Years Ago 1972
From The East Hampton Star, September 7
The Millers trace their history back to the founding of East Hampton more than 300 years ago, and their connection with the hamlet of Springs back to 1666, when John Miller and an associate in the whaling industry were granted “privileges of Accabonac Harbor for seven years.”
The old Miller house on the Springs-Fireplace Road has looked out across the meadows at the Harbor for more than 200 years, but the tenth generation of Millers in East Hampton — George Sid Sr., Asa, Stratton, Daniel, and Mary Alice Miller Sargent — will have been the last to grow up in it.
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The Amagansett Village Improvement Society won a swift victory last week in its attempt to convince the Valley Bank of New York that its lighting and planned time and temperature sign at the new Amagansett branch were “overdone.”
According to Wallace C. Carr, chairman of the AVIS committee to deal with the Bank, Bank officials were “cooperative,” deferring plans to install the flashing sign “until such time as they may discuss the matter with the AVIS.”
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The Willing Griffin arrived in East Hampton last week. A 19-foot sloop, she had been sailed from Plymouth, England, to Newport, R.I., by David Blagden, who in terrestrial life, in London, is an actor and director.
The London Observer, Mr. Blagden explained, sponsors a “single-handed cross-Atlantic race” every four years. Fifty-seven boats left Plymouth on June 17. One then sank, several capsized, and others gave up, so that 42 eventually arrived at Newport.
25 Years Ago 1997
From The East Hampton Star, September 11
On Friday Gov. George E. Pataki vetoed a bill that would have allowed East Hampton Town to vote in November on a plan to build a dedicated fund for farmland, open space, and historic preservation through a 2-percent tax on higher-priced real estate sales.
Supporters of the transfer tax were stunned and openly critical of the Governor’s decision, calling it “indefensible,” “disturbing,” and a “fraud.” Their comments this week showed the anatomy of a hard-won victory and a crushing defeat.
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Man’s best friend may be kept off East Hampton Village beaches at all hours next summer, if the Village Board has its way.
The Village Code bars Fido, as well as cats and other animals, from beaches from the second Sunday in May to Sept. 30 — but only from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. What the Village Board wants to do now is keep them off the beach 24 hours a day during that period.
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The Viking Starliner, newly renovated to meet Government standards for carrying gambling equipment, will leave her berth in Montauk Harbor next week and head for Federal waters with a cargo of 25 slot machines, five gaming tables, and up to 85 patrons who hope Lady Luck comes along for the ride.
The Viking Fleet’s maiden “casino cruise,” featuring cash bars, food, security, and a professional gaming crew, has been a long time in the making, according to Capt. Paul G. Forsberg, owner of the Starliner.
