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PRICELESS CHESAPEAKE www.chesapeakestyle.com Volume XXII Issue 2 October 2018 © Style Serves and Celebrates the Chesapeake Bay Region and its People, Past, Present and Future 2 October 2018 CHESAPEAKE Style After a relaxingFast afternoon Times on a friend’s on runabout, the weRivers decided to buy a 16’ Editor, Publisher, Chief The mission of Chesapeake Style red and white Century Tri-Hull. We had in and out service, i.e we’d call the Cook & Bottle Washer is to serve and celebrate the marina to put the boat in the water and we’d spend the day. It was good for Janet Abbott Fast Chesapeake Bay Region and its boating during the day. We joined the local U S Power Squadron, took classes, Writers & Photographers people, past, present and future. made new friends and learned about boating. The down side—with two Lucy Baker, Katherine Bavuso, Letters to the editor are welcome. young teenagers, there was no head, no place to cook or spend the night. And Corinne Becker, Carol J. Bova, Joy The editor reserves the right to we were on Illinois’ Chain of Lakes, a busy and dangerous body of water. Brenda Burch, Joseph T. “Chip” edit all submissions for clarity, Buxton, III, E. C. Doleman, My theory was that if we were going to spend time, energy and money, lousy spelling or any other we needed a boat where we could sleep, eat and use the head. As it Ellen Dugan, Jean Duggan, Ann Eichenmuller, Deborah Figg, reason that strikes her fancy. happened, a distant relative in Pennsylvania had died, and his boat was Chesapeake Style is a priceless for sale. I had spent time on her as a child. She was a 1940 custom built RuthE Forrest, Bill Graves, Martha M. Hall, Torrence Harman, magazine published eight Chesapeake Bay Deadrise cabin cruiser, 34 feet. Her keel was a cypress Melissa Haydon, Wendy Hyde, times a year by Chesapeake Bay log, underwater was oak, bright work was Honduras mahogany. She Spike Knuth, Tracy Lanum, Audrey Marketing. For delivery for one year, had an outboard rudder, slept six, had a small galley, an ice box, and Lowery, Brenda Hall, Susan Motley, a head. Her engine was a Gray Marine 109 hp. We were in Illinois, the please send your name, mailing Sandy Nash, Don Loop, Kenny Park, address and a check or money boat was in dry dock at Thorn’s Boatyard, near the Chesapeake Bay. Joe Phillips, Chelly Scala, Nancy order, for $24 for postage and My parents lived in Baltimore, my husband had a meeting in D.C. so we Shelley, Gerhard Straub, Charlene flew to Baltimore and went to see the boat. My husband was not in favor... Talcott, Edward A. Vinson, Jill White handling, to the address below. the original owner, William B. Russell, aka Happy, was 6’ tall, and the boat Ad Sales, Distribution Chesapeake Style was built for him. My husband was 6’3”. In addition to his being too tall, Carol J. Bova, Susan Christopher, P. O. Box 802 he wasn’t able to see over the bow, and it was a wood boat, subject to dry Willis Croxton, Deborah Figg, Bill Warsaw, VA 22572 rot. He said no, my father said, “If you’re supposed to have the boat, it will Graves, Martha Hall, Florine Headley, 804-333-0628 happen.” I cried for 24 hours, flew home, he went to his meeting in D.C. Jackie Ingram, Tracy Lanum, Joanne [email protected] We had her trucked to Starved Rock marina, on the Illinois River. He Nelson, Nancy Shelley, Marie Stone www.chesapeakestyle.com was right, he couldn’t see over the bow, so when we docked, I stood Proofreader The opinions expressed in on the bow, yelled “Reverse!” then counted to nine, and she changed Marie Stone Chesapeake Style are those direction. We added red and white side curtains, and everyone called Ad Composition, Graphics, Layout of contributing writers and her the African Queen or asked if she was a Elco. I always handled the Janet Abbott Fast, Deborah Figg do not necessarily reflect the anchor, and I loved to take his place in the Captain’s chair. She had some opinion of Chesapeake Style or dry rot, which we had repaired. We made many wonderful memories its advertisers. Reproduction in on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. We Named her Happy R. whole or in part of any material The third boat, Green Dolphin, was my parents’ 34” Owens Brigantine Sportfish, the first fiberglass boat Owens built. She had twin 250 Chevy engines, in this publication without a fly bridge. They had taken her from Baltimore to Ft Myers and she was docked permission is strictly prohibited. on a canal in their back yard. They were ready to quit boating and thought ©2007-2018 All rights reserved she would save our marriage. She didn’t. But I made more happy memories Chesapeake Style with my single friends. In 1993 I had both boats trucked to the Northern Neck. Chesapeake Bay Marketing. I never took them out again. Sold both of them. I know where the Happy R has retired, and I don’t want to see her. I am grateful for the memories. As I drive around the beautiful drive the farm truckAbout so Daddy and theto becover~ selfless. The great outdoors Later in life, I worked at a Middle Peninsula and Northern Mama could load the hay on the was a giant playground and each veterinary hospital that cared for Neck, I slow to watch the farmers back; caring for baby chicks, calves day was a new adventure. large animals. I visited hog, cattle, as they prepare the fields, plant the and pigs, and watching my parents We spent hours working but always horse and sheep farms. I quickly crops and harvest. It always makes work from sun up to sun down. had time for a little fun. I loved realized farming was the same no me think back to my childhood. I learned so much from being catching lightening bugs, making matter which farm you visited. It was Some of my first memories of raised on a small farm—like not homemade ice cream and walking hard work and dedication. It takes farming were walking up and to be afraid of getting dirty, and for hours on Sunday afternoons a strong, dedicated person to be a down the bean rows and pulling our animals depended on us. Each with my Grandfather. On our walks, farmer. The farmer on the cover of weeds—for hours—listening to family member had responsibilities he would often make a sling shot this issue is my Dad. I will be forever our neighbor’s farm hand singing and our meals came from what was or a pipe from an acorn and stick, grateful for growing up on a farm hymns over the noise of the tractor raised and preserved. I learned the while we searched for the perfect and most grateful he is my Dad. as he worked the crops; learning to value of a dollar and what it meant tree to cut down for Christmas. Deborah Figg photo 4 October 2018 Gardening in Style~Pumpkins And Gourds feet long and gourds can reach 15 a dark, well ventilated feet. Both like rich soil, plenty of place and don't let water and long hot days in full sun. them touch. Monitor They love soil that is compost rich them for mold and so this is a perfect time to use up discard if you find any, that compost pile that you have been otherwise, turn them saving. Plant about six seeds in a hill over weekly. They are and make your hills at least six feet dry when they become apart. Water regularly in dry periods very light weight and and fertilize both with an all purpose you can hear seeds fertilizer once they start to bloom. rattle inside when If you are having a particularly you shake them. wet summer, like this year, you may Wash with warm have brown spots or even rot on the soapy water and either bottom of the fruit. You can help paint or varnish, this problem a great deal by sliding bring them in and meaty pie pumpkins while a piece of plywood under each decorate inside your home. If you decorators want the tiniest or fruit, especially those that you are grow birdhouse gourds, clean them the biggest that they can find. hoping to enter in the fair. Pumpkin carving and pumpkin Gourds can be trained painting have become very to grow up a trellis but the competitive over the years. Some are larger ones can be very simply a work of art. So get a bale of heavy, so provide plenty straw, a few pumpkins of different of support. Only the very sizes, some strange, bumpy, ugly small pumpkins do well on gourds, a scarecrow, throw in some a trellis or fence as almost Indian corn and you have a typical fall By Nancy Shelley all other varieties are just decoration for your lawn. Now pick n the fall, just as most too heavy as they mature. the biggest pumpkin and try out your vegetables in the garden are Gourds are mostly carving skills. The cutest thing I have dying out, here come the used for decorations even seen recently was an ordinary carved pumpkins and gourds. They though they are actually pumpkin with a solar stake light stuck peak just in time to combine edible. They are ready to down inside with only the solar bar theI cooler temperatures with a harvest when their stems turn brown.