Fall 2012 Mission Statement contents The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is to inspire an understanding of and appreciation for the rich maritime Volunteers recognized for service heritage of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal reaches, together with the artifacts, cultures and connections between this place and its people. Vision Statement The vision of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is to be the premier maritime museum for studying, exhibiting, preserving and celebrating the important history and culture of the largest estuary in the United States, the Chesapeake Bay. Sign up for our e-Newsletter and stay up-to-date on all of the news and events at the Museum. Email [email protected] to be added to our mailing list. Keep up-to-date on Facebook. facebook.com/mymaritimemuseum Follow the Museum’s progress on historic Chesapeake boat 15 9 PHOTO BY DICK COOPER 2023 2313 restoration projects and updates on the (Pictured front row, from left) George MacMillan, Don Goodliffe, Pam White, Connie Robinson, Apprentice For a Day Program. Mary Sue Traynelis, Carol Michelson, Audrey Brown, Molly Anderson, Pat Scott, Paul Ray, Paul Chesapeakeboats.blogspot.com Carroll, Mike Corliss, Ron Lesher, Cliff Stretmater, Jane Hopkinson, Sal Simoncini, Elizabeth A general education forum Simoncini, Annabel Lesher, Irene Cancio, Jim Blakely, Edna Blakely. and valuable resource of stories, links, and information for the curious of minds. FEATURES (Second row, from left) David Robinson, Ann Sweeney, Barbara Reisert, Roger Galvin, John Stumpf, 3 CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE 12 LIFELINES 15 Bob Petizon, Angus MacInnes, Nick Green, Bill Price, Ed Thieler, Hugh Whitaker, Jerry Friedman. Beautifulswimmers.tumblr.com by CG Appleby Gentlemen... Profile: John Ford (Third row, from left) Mike Sweeney, Kirby Scott, Richard Shaw, Karen Shook, President Langley Watch our Rosie Parks skipjack The Situation has Changed restoration updates and more at by Tracey Munson Shook, Rick Kuba, Andy Flanagan, Duane Lundahl, Joe Irr, Lloyd Devigne, and Bob Hinkel. 4 PRESIDENT’S LETTER by Dick Cooper youtube.com/CBMMorg1965 by Langley R. Shook History on the Half Shell The Chesapeake Bay 13 RESEARCH by Kate Livie At a June 14 reception held on Fogg’s Landing in St. Michaels, the Museum Maritime Museum 5 CURRENTS Tide, Trade, and Tugs: recognized members of its dedicated corps of more than 200 volunteers for their Navy Point, PO Box 636 The Ward Family of Deltaville combined 28,220 hours of service to the Museum over the course of the last St. Michaels, MD 21663 Museum welcomes new Board 20 ON THE RAIL year—the equivalent of nearly 15 full time employees. Several staff members 410-745-2916 • cbmm.org members and Vice Presidents by Michelle Zacks Edna sails again, plus updates of Development and Constituent on the Rosie Parks project. recognized individual volunteers for their work in the education, buildings and On the cover: grounds, curatorial, Museum Store, boatyard, boat donations, and administra- Services and bids farewell to summer 14 EDUCATION Traditional caulking tools lie on the deck of interns and a long-time staff member. What’s Fresh? tive departments. Volunteers with more than 100 hours of overall service were the skipjack Rosie Parks. CALENDAR Photo by Tracey Munson. Museum receives grant for War of Seasonal Selections from Education 21 also recognized and presented pins for their service. St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance, 1812 exhibit, and event highlights. by Kate Livie Special recognition was given to volunteers with the highest hours of Editors: Tracey Munson & Marie Thomas Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival, Creative Director: Marie Thomas Maritime Monster Mash, Oyster- service, including Rosemary Thomson with 10,000 hours; Bob Mason with CURATOR’S CORNER Exploring Public Perceptions of Copy Editors: Mariana Lesher 11 Science with ALL Fest, woodworking workshops, 6,000 hours; Joan Chlan with 5,000 hours; Bill Price with 4,000 hours; John & Emilie Knud-Hansen exhibit spotlights, and more. Hawkinson, Paul Ray, and Bob Whitlock with 3,000 hours; Paul Carroll, Jerry Pocahontas Nameboard Restored by Esty Collet Contributing Writers: Friedman, Roger Galvin, Bob Petizon, and Mary Sue Traynelis with 2,000 by Elisabeth Meier Dick Cooper, Kate Livie, Langley Shook, 25 HEROES HONOR ROLL hours; Nick Green and Angus MacInnes with 1,500 hours; and Sam Barnett, CG Appleby, Esty Collet, Tracey Munson, Audrey Brown, Russ Cochran, Gloria Freihage, Gerry Hughes, Rick Kuba, Marie Thomas, Elisabeth Meier, Richard Mike Corliss, Cliff Stretmater, Ed Thieler, Ben Tilghman, and Bob Traynelis Scofield, and Michelle Zacks. with 1,000 hours each. The Chesapeake Log is a publication of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. 1 FALL 2012 THE CHESAPEAKE LOG THE CHESAPEAKE LOG FALL 2012 2 Chairman’s Message Board of Museum Staff President’s Letter Governors President by Langley R. Shook, President by CG Appleby, Chairman of the Board 2012-2013 Langley R. Shook, President, 4951 Cheryl Miller, Administrative Assistant, 4943 Breene M. Kerr Center CG Appleby, Chair As the summer heat fades and gives way to cooler for Chesapeake Studies Let me begin by again thanking our more than autumn breezes filled with noisy geese, the Tom D. Seip, Vice Chair Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971 James P. Harris, Treasurer 200 volunteers who last year donated a combined Museum has much to look forward to this fall. Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966 Richard C. Tilghman, Secretary Rob Forloney, Director of the Kerr Center, 4959 total of over 28,000 hours of service to the On September 30, our campus will be filled with Schuyler Benson Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947 Museum—the equivalent of almost 15 full-time a stunning array of vintage automobiles from the Paul Berry Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945 employees! We simply could not operate without Golden Age of Motoring, circa 1900-1942, as Richard J. Bodorff Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972 their tireless and dedicated efforts, and we’re well as a display of classic wooden speedboats Harry W. Burton Helen Van Fleet, Education & Reservations Assistant, 4941 enormously grateful for everything they do. from the same era. William S. Dudley Michelle Zacks, Museum Folklorist, 4961 David E. Dunn I’m also delighted to announce two new staff Just a few days later on October 6 and 7, three Anna W. Fichtner Boatyard appointments—the Museum’s new Vice President decades of small boats, family, and community Dagmar D. P. Gipe Marc Barto, Rosie Parks Project Manager, 4967 of Development, David Crosson, and the culminate in the 30th Annual Mid-Atlantic E. Brooke Harwood, Jr. Mike Gorman, Vessel Maintenance Manager, 4967 promotion of René Stevenson who becomes India Gilham-Westerman, Shipwright Apprentice Christopher A. Havener Vice President of Constituent Services while Small Craft Festival. What began as a casual Jennifer Kuhn, Journeyman Apprentice gathering of boaters with an interest in small Francis Hopkinson, Jr. continuing her strong leadership of our Annual Fred Israel Ken Philips, Shipwright Apprentice rowing and sailing craft has since evolved into Fund and membership programs. (Read more on page 7.) As discussed below, Pamela Jana Communications & Special Events development and fundraising are as important now as they ever have been in one of the nation’s premier small craft events. OysterFest is returning on November Richard H. Kimberly Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960 3 with plenty of oysters, boat rides, live music, and lots of family activities—it’s a Peter M. Kreindler Marie Thomas, Communications Manager, 4953 the Museum’s 47-year history. Your steadfast support has enabled the Museum to day spent enjoying what makes the Chesapeake region so special. Frank C. Marshall Melissa Spielman, Director of Events & buck the trend in the recent down economy that has seen most of our peers face The Museum also sees the return of hundreds of students from all over the Geoffrey F. Oxnam Volunteer Program, 4956 declining memberships, declining attendance, and declining charitable dona- Bruce A. Ragsdale Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944 tions. The Annual Fund has set all-time records in each of the past three years, Mid-Atlantic region in the fall, some learning about the Chesapeake Bay for the Mitchell Reiss Development while our membership levels and attendance also have risen. Yet membership first time. You’ll find them racing up the steps of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse, Diane J. Staley David Crosson, Vice President of Development, 4984 crawling through the E.C. Collier in the Oystering Exhibit, and collectively Henry H. Stansbury dues and admissions receipts, combined, currently provide less than a third of the squealing with delight at the sight of a sea squirt wriggling in their hands as they Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr. Constituent Services revenue necessary to support the Museum’s important mission. cruise the Miles River aboard Mister Jim during an ecology cruise. Alfred Tyler, 2nd René Stevenson, Vice President of We soon will begin our Annual Fund appeal, with a goal this year of raising Constituent Services, 4950 over $600,000 to sustain and expand our programs and exhibits that make the With member events, educational programming, new exhibits, special events, Emeriti Membership Manager, 4991 Debbie Collison, Museum perhaps the most prominent cultural and historical institution on the and more, the Museum offers many reasons to renew your membership year after Richard T. Allen Emilie Knud-Hansen, Mem/Develop. Assistant, 4955 Eastern Shore. Almost 1,500 of you contributed to the Annual Fund last year year, and to encourage others to join. This past summer is a shining example of how Margaret D. Keller Jody Andrews, Dockmaster, 4955 and we’re counting on others to join in to keep participation levels rising. While members are embracing our Museum—record attendance at the Antique & Classic Breene M. Kerr Megan Fisher, Museum Host, 4945 Charles L.