125 Years Ago 1898
From The East Hampton Star, August 5
The causeway over Hook Pond at Dunemere Lane needs to be repaired. Part of the road is under water and the whole causeway very muddy, making it very disagreeable for vehicles to cross. It is hoped that the authorities will see to this important matter at once.
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The ladies of the Village Improvement Society will hold a cake sale in the Hall annex on August 12, from four to five o’clock in the afternoon. Orders for cake may be left with Mrs. Muchmore or Mrs. Henry D. Hedges, on or before Tuesday afternoon Aug. 9.
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The Summer Colony
Arrangements are being made for a game of ball on the park grounds diamond, Sag Harbor, on Saturday afternoon, between the Maidstones of this place, and the Fahys club of Sag Harbor.
There was a spirited game of ball at the Maidstone club on Friday afternoon last between the Bridge Hampton nine and the Maidstones. The latter came off victorious with a score 16 to 6.
100 Years Ago 1923
From The East Hampton Star, August 3
Ernest Shipman, president of the Long Island Cinema Corporation, which will make three Sunrise Trail Pictures of Long Island this summer, announced yesterday that he has purchased “The River Road” for his first production. “The River Road” is a popular new novel by Hamilton Thompson, that is having a widespread circulation throughout the country. Kenneth O’Hara, chief of Mr. Shipman’s scenario department, will prepare the story for the screen. “The Coast Guard Patrol” has been adopted as a temporary title.
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Under the auspices of the East Hampton Neighborhood Association, it is planned to have a Field Day on the playground on Labor Day, September 3.
The Association lacks money with which to carry on the many activities which it sponsors, viz: the playground, the neighborhood house, with its playground and hospital, swimming classes, etc. These cost a considerable amount to maintain and keep in readiness but the community reaps a great benefit from the continuance of these various institutions, all of which are a part and under the control of the East Hampton Neighborhood Association.
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The annual challenge race between the Shelter Island Yacht Club and Devon Yacht Club will be held on Saturday afternoon, August 11. This race is a point race, club against club, each boat receiving a point for entering and a point for each boat that it finished ahead of. The winning boat also receives a prize in addition.
The cup is now in the possession of the Devon Club, in-as-much as they won the first race of the season.
75 Years Ago 1948
From The East Hampton Star, August 5
Montauk will celebrate on Saturday, August 7, Three Hundred Years with East Hampton Township, with a gala program.
The day will begin at 11:00 a.m. with a parade that will form at the Circle and proceed on Montauk Highway to Essex Street and end in front of the Montauk Manor Hotel. The public is invited to attend the dedication of the site of the Memorial Shaft to Chief Wyandanch, famed Montauk Indian.
Perry B. Duryea, State Conservation Commissioner, will make the principal address of dedication.
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One of the greatest attractions at last Friday’s L.V.I.S. Fair was the very unusual fashion show, — “A Pageant of Brides” — 1648 to 1948. Many very young girls modeled bridal gowns of three hundred years. Mrs. Henry Mann headed the Fashion Show Committee. Dr. Arthur E. Neergaard acted as barker.
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Mrs. Valentine E. Macy and Mrs. Dorothy Quick Mayer, co-chairman of the Guild Hall Building Repair Benefit performance of the new musical revue, “Live a Little” on opening night, Monday, August 16, announce that the patronesses for the evening are Mrs. Juan Trippe, Mrs. Russell C. Bennett, Mrs. Irving M. Snow, Mrs. Foster Milliken, Mrs. Joseph F. Gunster, Mrs. Shepard Krech, Mrs. Lawrence Larkin, Mrs. George Scott, Mrs. Edward Ewen Anderson.
Boxes have been reserved by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Gunster, Dr. and Mrs. Shepard Krech, Mrs. Dorothy Quick Mayer and Mr. and Mrs. Valentine E. Macy.
50 Years Ago 1973
From The East Hampton Star, August 2
It’s coming. The brush vs. the typewriter; the palette against the pen. The annual artists-writers softball game, to be held Saturday, Aug. 11, at 4:30 p.m. at the Herrick Playground, East Hampton.
There’s something about the literary profession that makes a writer a good ballplayer; whatever it is, the writers have won every one of the five (some say six, but that was a pickup game) encounters played thus far.
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Montauk
Over 700 people attended the Montauk Village Association’s “scenery-greenery” cocktail party last Saturday. The president of the MVA, Phyllis Clemenz, attributed the success of the event to the Montaukers who contributed food, refreshments, time and talent.
The basket of liquor was one by Gerard Costello. A mobile donated by Bob Spooner was won by Maurice Arnoble. A Colorado blue spruce was won by Peter Beard. A Fabiano painting contributed by the Bittersweet Art Gallery was won by Mrs. Jorge Rosa.
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August and artists go together hereabouts, and this year’s “Artists of the Springs” invitational exhibition is coming up right on time, opening to the public at 1 p.m. this Sunday in Ashawagh Hall.
The show, which will be previewed at a Springs Improvement Society benefit cocktail party Saturday night, includes works by some of the most famous people in the modern art world; almost all of them year-round or summer residents of the area. Their usual commission on sales is waived for this event, and donated to benefit the SIS.
25 Years Ago 1998
From The East Hampton Star, August 6
Under a clear sky at the Montauk Lighthouse on Saturday afternoon, members of the Eastville Community Historical Society and Mayor Pierce Hance of Sag Harbor dedicated a plaque honoring the men of the slave ship Amistad.
The brass plaque is affixed to a boulder on the north side of the rolling green lawn overlooking Block Island Sound, where the ship anchored off Culloden Point in July 1839 in an attempted mutiny.
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At this very moment about 150 girls between the ages of 5 and 16 are singing, sailing, and making crafts at Camp Blue Bay, deep in the Springs woods.
The camp was founded by the Suffolk County Girl Scouts in 1947 and, ever since, its 179 acres have been a summer place where girls can learn skills, make friends, and have fun.
Most of them come from Long Island, a few from Manhattan. The counselors come from all over — including the Ukraine, England, and Haiti — though at least one, Lexy van Binsbergen, is from East Hampton.
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“Montauk, sadly, has become a no-man’s land,” James R. Ketcham told members of the Montauk Citizens Advisory Committee Monday night.
Town police seem no longer to enforce certain laws in Montauk, such as those governing beach camping, Mr. Ketcham, a former East Hampton Town Justice, said.
“Check the court records. There is nothing to indicate that violations are being issued,” he said. “We have to establish enforcement priorities.”
