2 —————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • • JUNE 2016 —————————— Preserving Local History 15+YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE publisher/editor — Michael P. Hagerman Grattan’s art department — Rita M. Hagerman (
[email protected] Heating and Cooling sales — Kristin Ulmet, 631.466.8363 regular contributors — Antonia Booth, Southold Town Historian Daniel McCarthy, Jeffrey Walden, Gerard Matovcik, Bob Kaelin, Gail F. Horton, Paul Hunter A division of Academy Printing Services, Inc. 42 Horton Lane - POB 848, Southold NY 11971 www.academyprintingservices.com The Peconic Bay Shopper is published monthly, excluding January. RECENT ISSUES CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE WEBSITE On the Cover: In this issue we get a look at some of the summer camps on the east end Providing Quality Service, Installation thanks to Jeffrey Walden and Gerard Matovcik. Our cover photos go along with their story (page 3). and Repair 24/7 for all your home Top photo: Boys practice swimming and diving from the Camp heating and cooling needs. Momoweta raft on Laurel Lake. In the distance the public beach can be seen, and to the right of it, Camp Molloy’s dock. (631) 745-5555 Bottom photo: Campers from the Nation of the Oneidas, with their
[email protected] counselors, in 1960. (Courtesy of Carl Santoro, pictured in the second row from the bottom, fourth from the right.) — INSURED — 3 —————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • JUNE 2016 —————————— Camp C.D.A., Camp Molloy & Camp Momoweta. By Jeffrey Walden, Director of Mattituck-Laurel Library, and Gerard Matovcik, Reference Librarian. The Golden Age of Summern the C firstamps half of the twentieth in century, Laurel: the small hamlet of Lau - rel became the home to three thriving camps: Camp Catholic Daughters of America (later Camp Immaculata), Camp Molloy, and Camp Momoweta.