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T He Beam Journal of the New Jersey Lighthouse Society, Inc T he Beam Journal of the New Jersey Lighthouse Society, Inc. www.njlhs.org Number 79 T he Beam March 2010 It is hard to believe that I’m starting my LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT fifth year of putting The Beam together. Mary Beth Doherty Boy time sure does travel fast when you’re Happy New Year! having fun. This year The Beam has been cut to 12 pages to save some money. For Wow…one year of my term has gone by already! What a learning From The this issue I received a host of stories from experience it was, and I look forward to finding out what this new Editor’s Desk many different people on a wide variety of year brings. subjects. So many, that I had plenty of stories from which to pick. All the stories not in this issue will appear in future issues. Thank Last year was what I’ll call a “transition year”. It was a year of You! In this issue we have stories on Narragansett Bay, Mukilteo change within the Society, and I’m hoping that we’ve worked out Lighthouse, The Great Lakes Bus tour of last year, a real Long Is- the kinks to make 2010 an easier year for us all around. land Lighthouse Challenge – fog, and Absecon Lighthouse Facts According to Merriam-Webster, change means: “to make along with the rest of usual columns. We have a new puzzle, “Light- different in some particular way; to give a different position, house Suduko” from John Bishop. I hope everybody has their pho- course or direction to; to make a shift from one to another; to tos ready for this year’s photo contest. Good Luck to everyone who become different.” enters the contest. So sit back and enjoy this issue, spring is just around the corner and summer also isn’t too far off. For some people change is good. They welcome it; they look forward to it--they make it happen. For others, change is scary. The Beam, the official journal of the New Jersey Lighthouse So- They try to resist it and they avoid it at all costs! ciety, Inc., is published quarterly, March, June, September and We (NJLHS) have to acknowledge that after 20 years things cannot December. Membership dues are $20.00 single and $25.00 fam- remain the same. Technology has advanced, founding members are ily, and are for the calendar year. Back issues are available free no longer with us, and members who’ve held positions for a long for members joining mid-year. All materials are copyrighted and time are no longer available to do so. Basically, the Society (and cannot be borrowed or reproduced without permission of the New the membership) has to accept the fact that change is inevitable. Jersey Lighthouse Society. The NJLHS - New Jersey Lighthouse Society, Inc., is a non-profit educational corporation (501c3). In the coming year there will be things that will be done differently— OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS that doesn’t mean they’ll be done “wrong”…just different. I’d like to believe that instead of criticism there will be open minds and President Mary Beth Doherty (973) 978-0129 some understanding. We (those of us who are volunteering time to 1st VP Brett Franks (856) 256-0881 NJLHS) are trying, we are learning—and we need your support to 2nd VP Cindy Mitzen (908) 281-6879 make it all work. Treasurer Faith Giamboi (732) 350-9595 Rec. Secy Bob Gleason (732) 238-7066 With that said, going forward into 2010 you will see new names Corresp. Secy Jayne Swope (856) 468-2561 and faces of those who have volunteered to fill the positions that Director Tom Laverty (732) 872-2966 became vacant in 2009. I’d like to publicly thank them all for Director Doreen Berson (732) 202-7420 stepping forward—for accepting the challenges that lay ahead of Director Jim Cope (609) 587-6266 Director Anthony Albence (302) 983-3200 them, for making the positions “theirs”, and for being a part of Director Mike Boucher (845) 787-4807 NJLHS change. To those volunteers who are remaining in your COMMITTEES roles, THANK YOU for your continued efforts. Archivist Christine Jochem (973) 538-3473 I hope you join me and embrace all the change. I look forward to Beam Editor Mike Boucher (845) 787-4807 working with you all this year! Beam Assistant Editor Judy Boucher (845) 787-4807 Community Outreach Chair Anthony Albence (302) 983-3200 2010 TRIPS IN PROGRESS Education Outreach Bob Gleason (732) 238-7066 Apryl Roach Historian Co-Chairs Jim & Nancy Cope (609) 587-6266 Historian Co-Chairs Mike & Judy Boucher (845) 787-4807 MAY Hospitality Co-Chairs Linda & Bob Gleason (732) 238-7066 May 22, 2010 Hospitality Co-Chairs Carol & George Naill (215) 657-4559 Delaware Bay Boat Trip Membership Chair Mary Beth Doherty (973) 978-0129 Preservation Chair Brett Franks (856) 256-0881 JULY Programs Cindy Mitzen (908) 281-6879 Date to be determined Publicity Anthony Albence (302) 983-3200 Long Island Sound - American Princess Cruise Sandy Hook Coordinator Al Smith (856) 546-7810 AUGUST Trips Chairperson Apryl Roach (609) 799-0008 Ways & Means Carol Winkie (856) 468-6199 August 7, – 8, 2010 Webmaster Howie Wright (908) 725-9782 Overnight package Hilton Garden Inn, Norwalk, CT, Sheffield Is- land Lighthouse Lover’s Get-a-Way & Clambake NJLHS Web Site: http://www.njlhs.org Trips Email address: [email protected] OCTOBER NJLHS Email address: [email protected] October 23, - 31, 2010 The BEAM Email address: [email protected] Southeastern Coast Lighthouse Tour: Georgia, South & North NJLHS Announcements: (732) 291-4777 Carolina Society Address: Beam Address: NJLHS, Inc. Mike Boucher Please visit our website at www.njlhs.org for updates and details as P. O. Box 332 15 Starrow Dr. they become available. Navesink, NJ 07752-0332 Newburgh, NY 12550 Send all inquiries to [email protected] Page 2 T he Beam TWO HOURS ON NARRAGANSETT BAY Spence Purdum The morning of Wednesday, July 22 last takes traf- and part of its foundation is still visible, a was bright and clear in Newport, Rhode fic from home to gulls and cormorants. Built on a Island. This was a pleasant surprise since the main- cast iron caisson in 1882, it consisted of a Monday was mostly gloomy and Tuesday land to four-story cast iron keepers’ quarters with was absolutely dreadful. Conanicut the light at 73 feet. During the great New I s l a n d . England Hurricane on September 21 1938, Two days earlier, I had picked up a bro- This little it was washed away, costing the life of the chure in Groton, CT advertising a Light- s p a r k - single assistant keeper still on site. house Cruise and Newport Harbor tour, plug-style sailing out of Quonset, RI. I hadn’t been The 1938 hurricane was a pivotal event in light with aware of this when I planned my vacation, the history of Narragansett Bay lighthous- a cast iron but the chance to see waterside views of es. Not only was Whale Rock Lighthouse c a i s s o n ten lighthouses, including a few not visible completely destroyed, but Plum Beach foundation, several hundred yards off the from land, was not to be passed up. So at had significant damage, though the two western shore of the bay, marks a danger- 1:30 that afternoon, I found myself lined up keepers who rode out the storm survived. ous shoal. Its name comes from a tiny re- to get on the Millennium Ferry. Near Jamestown, the Beavertail keeper’s sort town on the mainland a little south of daughter was killed when a wave swept her the light. It was built in 1899, and oper- The main business of this boat, which seats school bus off the road. nearly 400, is to make fast runs to Mar- ated until 1941, when the first Jamestown tha’s Vineyard. But during the summer, on Bridge was built. Preservation efforts be- Beavertail Lighthouse is our next stop. This Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, this gan in 1988 when a private developer pro- is the bumpiest part of our trip, since we are afternoon cruise takes place. posed moving it to a condominium in Mas- no longer in Narragansett Bay, but rather in sachusetts. It has since been thoroughly the Atlantic Ocean. The chop is bad enough It is fairly easy to see why Narragansett restored and was relit in 2003. that it’s al- Bay needed so many lights: it is full of is- most im- Dutch Is- lands, large and small. The largest is Co- possible land lies nanicut Island, which is home to the vil- to stand a b o u t lage of Jamestown, and which separates the on deck. h a l f w a y bay into its west and east passages. There F o r t u - b e t w e e n are several smaller islands, and a number of nately, it’s Conanicut rocks and shoals that made the Bay a haz- a fairly Island and ardous place for sailing ships in the days short run. before GPS. the main- land. Mostly a wildlife refuge today, it has The first At 2:00 p.m. we shoved off and start down been a military outpost for much of its his- Beavertail Lighthouse was built in 1749, the western passage of the bay. Our narra- tory. On a rocky spit of land at its southern making it the third to be built in what is tor is Mr.
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