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publisher/editor — Michael P. Hagerman art department — Rita M. Hagerman advertising sales — [email protected] Dan Hagerman: 631-365-6331 office manager — Lori McKiernan: 631-765-3346 regular contributors — Gail F. Horton — Antonia Booth, Southold Town Historian — Daniel McCarthy 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 eleven months each year. (There in no January issue.) On Our Cover — This interesting photo is part of a collection in the story by Antonia Booth begin- ning on page.... A FAMILY GROUP PHOTOGRAPH: This picture, stamped like the others, “E.H. Payne, Southold, N.Y.”,on the back, is a combination of the Boisseau and Mitchell fami- lies with the photographer, Etta Payne, in the front row, right, wearing a striped dress and wielding a croquet mallet. One would like to parse the symbolism of the woman on the very left rear (see how the stripes of her parasol mimic the stripes of Payne’s dress.) Why is she pointing? Why is the woman in the push chair reading a newspaper? Why is the woman toward the left clinging to the tree? We’ll never know but it’s fun to wonder.
BUNNY KIDS! This photo shows the Southold School graduating class of 1950 as they appeared in the first grade. Left to right: Barbara Cochran, Alice Droskos- ki, Julia Akscin, Phoebe Young, Antone Sepenoski, Chester Albertson, Charles Karsten and John Donohue. Photo courtesy of Alice (Droskoski) Kramer. ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 —————————————————————
THE LIGHTNING SLINGERS by Bob Kaelin
he November issue of this past year’s Shopper had “Lightning Slinger, “ and in those days they moved Ta picture of the old railroad station at Peconic around a lot, even from one railroad to another. They (shown below) and it brought back several memories for were an essential link in a railway’s own signalling and me. For one thing, that photo was credited to Charlie communication system, and in small towns all over the Meredith, but at least one other publication (Victorian United States little stations like this with their Western Stations of Long Island by Ziel and Wettereau) shows Union offices served as a large part of the communi- the identical photo as having been taken by Dr. Josiah cations network throughout the whole country as we C. Case. This is really beside the point, however; the knew it up until the mid-1940’s. important thing here is that this little station at Peconic Legend has it that telegraphers in certain sections was actually Charlie Meredith’s first place of employ- of the country would have contests to see who would ment when he came here and it’s almost certain that be the fastest “lightning slinger,” and Charlie Mer- this photo would have become part of his vast collec- edith at one point in time, had become the fastest of tion, anyway. them all, up and down the East Coast. The man was He was a native of Vancouver, Canada, and had a true genius; he had a quick wit, a mind like a steel apparently spent a few years here “south of the border,” trap, and a wonderful sense of humor. He was quick Charles H. Meredith, courtesy of Nan and Palmer Shade. working as a telegrapher before coming to Peconic in to “pick up” on things and cultivated a keen interest the employ of the Long Island Rail Road to serve as the in both photography and radio. Those of us who were agent/telegraph operator in that little building. privileged to have known him will always remember the In railroad lingo, a telegrapher was known as a ever-present cigarette holder clenched in his teeth. Soon after arriving in Peconic, Charlie married Helena Jefferson, the daughter of a prominent local family. There were four children: Lyle (born 1910), followed by Kathleen, then Donald and the youngest, Hope, who married Let Albertson. Just how long Charlie stayed at Peconic sta- tion is not known, but for the rest of his life here he maintained a studio and workshop on Cutchogue’s Depot Lane where he repaired radios and operated his prolific photography business. Over the years, he took Nikola Tesla. pictures of everything ranging from accident scenes to Photo credit: everyday farming and commercial ventures, as well as Tesla Memorial local pageantry and, of course, the usual school class Society. ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 ————————————————————— assemblies and yearbook portraits. It’s a safe bet straight line through the ground, using the earth, lighting of the entire 1893 Columbian Exhibition that there are but a few small communities in the itself, as a conductor. For instance, the straight-line at the Chicago World’s Fair which put the alter- country that have such a vast photographic archive distance between New York and London would be as that which was left to us by Charlie Meredith. much shorter than the “long way ‘round” over the Just about all of this collection is now in the hands curvature of the earth and would not be affected of the Southold Historical Society (donated by the by the vagaries of weather. Albertson family) and many of Charlie’s photos Nikola Tesla was born in Croatia and when can also be seen decorating the inside walls of the he first came to the U.S. in 1884 he was destitute, recently refurbished IGA store on Main Street in having been robbed en route in France. When he Southold. got here, he had only the clothes he was wearing, a Prior to the First World War, Charlie also met small book of poems and four cents in coin. Hav- and befriended another kindred spirit but a differ- ing lost all record of his previous accomplishments, ent sort of “Lighting Slinger” named Nikola Tesla he had to work at such menial jobs as a ditch-digger who, by then, had established a large laboratory, until he could finally make his way to New Jersey powerhouse and test facility, complete with a 187- where he applied for a job with a fellow named foot-tall transmission tower in a section of Shore- Edison he had “heard” about. Edison, apparently ham that was known at the time as “Wardenclyffe.” recognizing Tesla’s ability, hired him on the spot, Among other things, Tesla was working on an idea but the honeymoon was soon over when Edison to transmit electrical power via radio waves instead told him to forget the idea of alternating-current of over high-tension lines. Indeed, were it not for because they were going to go ahead with the de- Tesla and his development of alternating current, velopment of a direct-current system. long-distance transmission of electricity would not The two of them locked horns over this and have been possible at all. It was Tesla’s system of eventually parted company. By then, Tesla had power transmission that succeeded in harnessing enough momentum for a fresh start on his own. the power of Niagara Falls in the 1890s. Edison, meanwhile did succeed in setting up a The tower -- as ominous and mysterious as rudimentary direct-current utility system in New it appeared -- was only part of a larger system that York City, but it could not be sustained without a was not visible. Beneath that tower was a 120- series of large “booster” stations all along its route foot-deep well from which radiated a labyrinth of and it turned out to be a dismal failure. underground tunnels much closer to the surface. Edison continued a vigorous campaign to While the great tower could be used to transmit further his direct-current schemes and they eventu- signals through the atmosphere, the purpose of ally became rivals. Fortunately, Tesla’s genius was the subterranean earthworks enabled Tesla to recognized by a man named George Westinghouse experiment with his idea of sending messages in a and together they accomplished the wondrous Telsa’s tower as it appeared 100 years ago. ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 ————————————————————— nating-current scheme on a firm footing once and for all. Westinghouse eventually obtained forty patents from Tesla, breaking a monopoly previ- ously held by General Electric. Curiously enough, when Tesla realized that Westinghouse later needed help, he tore up his contracts with him, enabling Westinghouse to continue, but left himself with little in the way of financing to pursue his own ideas. Tesla felt grateful to Westinghouse for having had faith in him, but in tearing up those contracts he missed out on royalties that would have snowballed into a very large fortune. He was indeed a unique character. He had become a U.S. citizen in 1891 and feeling that his American citizenship papers were his most valued possession, they were among the few things that he actually kept under lock and key. The immigrant who arrived here in 1884 left a great legacy to his adopted country. There is a photo of him on display at the Statue of Lib- erty, memorializing him as the man who changed the world. He referred to himself as a “discoverer” rather than an inventor and was so far ahead of his time that some of his works are still waiting to be explored to this day, over 100 years later. Meanwhile, back at Wardenclyffe, the mysterious goings-on there could puzzle people far and wide, but the local gentry could be more re- ceptive. The Brooklyn Times of June, 1905, reported that visitors were not welcomed at that place and that Tesla maintained a rigid privacy about his plans and methods. That same month, however, Riverhead’s County Review had a different “take,” writing of occasional visits with the “Wizard of Wardenclyffe,” and describing him as a “... wonderfully interesting man who talks freely of his work to those who have his confidence... He is suf- ficiently human to enjoy discussing his work with those who have a fair comprehension of his accomplishments.” Charlie Meredith was no doubt one of those with whom Tesla would “open up,” because Charlie was a man who could really understand what the “Wizard” was talking about. Years later, Charlie was a good friend of my father’s and visited our home quite often. When I was a kid of perhaps eight or nine, Charlie would entertain me with tales of his visits with Nikola Tesla. 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able to fully grasp the true significance of what Charlie had been telling me. Charlie would occasionally visit Tesla during those years at Wardenclyffe, often spending a whole day with him while Tesla shot sparks all over the place and showed him the marvels of all he had already accomplished -- plus the seedlings of many other things that could have been but never really came to be. It was good fodder for the imagi- nation of a kid my age and the best part of it was that it was all true. It’s sad to note that there are still many people today who have never heard of Nikola Tesla, nor do they even realize just how many different things that we take “for granted” in our every- day lives all result from the genius of that one person. Equally as unfortunate is the fact that it wasn’t until after his This is an Old Greene postcard view of the tower with newly-completed lab death that Tesla was finally recognized and powerhouse building seen at left in the distance. as having been the true inventor of radio, even long after it had already been proven that when Marconi made his first successful wireless transmis- sion he was actually using 17 of Tesla’s patents! Saddest of all, however, was Nikola Tesla’s own lack of “business” acumen that would eventually cause his Wardenclyffe operation to unravel. Wardenclyffe, itself, was a 2,000- acre parcel named for James S. Warden who was a director of a development company that owned the piece situated south of North Country Road between Shoreham and Wading River. Two hundred acres of the southwest corner of this was deeded to Tesla in 1902, purchased with funds from a $150,000 grant from financier J. P. Morgan to whom Tesla had explained his dream of a worldwide broadcasting center. This, together with funds from other investors, enabled him to build the aforementioned tower, along with a beautiful brick powerhouse and labora- tory building designed by the famous Stanford White (who did it for Tesla free of charge because of his admiration for him). Without a sound financial over- seer, Tesla’s activities there resulted in a growing mountain of debt. Even the railroad had not been paid for transport of workmen and materials to the site. The death knell was sounded when Tesla was forced to hand over the Wardenclyffe deed to the Waldorf- Astoria in New York to pay off some of his $20,000 hotel bill. He had hoped that the Waldorf would hang onto the property until he could “square up,” but it was soon sold in foreclosure. The tower (which was never fully completed) was dismantled in 1917. The classic Stanford White-designed building was stripped of its machinery and later ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 ————————————————————— put to use by subsequent owners of the at the age of 86. This would have been just property. Somewhat altered, it still stands about the same time that Charlie Meredith to this day. was regaling me with reminiscences of his In time, the name Wardenclyffe re- association with this other-worldly genius verted back to the original East Shoreham. of Wardenclyffe. Perhaps it was the news For the remaining years of his life, Tesla of Tesla’s passing that spurred Charlie into continued to work on a smaller scale. With telling me these tales. I like to think that many awards, degrees and gold medals, if Nikola Tesla had any friends left at all together with approximately 700 patents that Charlie Meredith would have been in his name, he could live quite comfort- among them. ably but became more and more reclusive, Not everyone forgot. Immediately holed up in a small suite of rooms in the after news of Tesla’s death became known, Hotel New Yorker. I don’t know if Charlie U.S.Government agents staged a “swoop Meredith ever remained in contact with and scoop” raid on his rooms, grabbing up him. For a time, it seemed as if Tesla’s everything he had, right on down to the only friends were the pigeons he would last little dog-eared notebook. After all, this feed every day, seated on a bench in Bry- was right at the height of World War II and Charles Meredith’s 1960 self portrait Christmas Card. ant Park for hours at a time. If he failed it would have been unthinkable if any of Photo courtesy of Lou Baker, Southold. to show up, some of them would fly up to that material should have ever fallen into a terrace outside the old man’s window the hands of enemy agents. looking for him. Then, one day, they went Charlie Meredith-- the other lightning hungry. Tesla died alone in January 1943, slinger-- passed away in 1966.
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April 9 grand opening: May Mile & 5K Race Saturday, May 7 historic Lionel visitor’s center toy train layout Please come celebrate Peconic Landing’s 6th Annual May Mile & 5K Race, rain The Railroad Museum of Long Island is pleased to announce the opening of a or shine, celebrating Older American Month! Registration: 8:30 a.m., 10:00 am permanent exhibit at the RMLI Visitor’s Center and Restoration Site, 416 Griff- Walk/Race. Live music performed by the amazing live band, Mambo Loco. Deli- ing Avenue, Riverhead. The Grand Opening is from 10am to 4pm and admission cious BBQ Lunch! Raffles Items; Golf Cart for two and much more desirable is free. For info call Don Fisher at 631-765-2757 or email [email protected]. items! All proceeds benefit the Greenport Fire Department. Please come, have fun and make a difference!
“Floral & Automobiles Show” April 9 - May 7 Art Auction Saturday April 30 Reception: Sat., April 9, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Go to www.studioeastgallery.com for fur- The Southold Historical Society annual art auction will feature works by a number ther details. Studio East Gallery provides a comprehensive overview of todays art of important local painters, photographers, and artisans and will benefit both the world and makes it available to a diverse audience, striving to exhibit, promote and Society as well as many of the living artists participating in the event. In addition inspire, emerging and established artists in a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere. to works by living artists, which will include John Crimmins, Jada Rowland, Lee Cleary, and Karen Rich, there will be a number of works by painters of our recent Annual Feast & Fundraiser April 14 past. Some of the featured items include a tonalist landscape by Whitney M. Hub- The annual Southold Historical Society April Showers Dinner will be held at the bard and a view showing the Orient yacht Club by Wallace Hukill. Other painters Sound View Restaurant, Route 48, Greenport from 12 noon until 8 pm. Choice who will be represented in this category also include Mattituck artist Caroline Bell of Roast Chicken, Fish, or Vegetarian Entrée. Cash RAFFLE will take place during and Julia Wickham. The event will be held at the Castello di Borghese Vineyard. the evening. Dinner tickets $20, raffle tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Din- The preview will begin at 4:30pm, with the auction beginning at 6pm. There is ner tickets can be purchased at the Southold Historical Society Headquarters lo- a $10 entry donation, which includes wine and hors d’oeuvres. To see images of cated in the Prince Building on Main Road, Southold, from 9-4, Monday-Friday, the works that will be up for sale at the auction, please visit the Society website or at the Sound View Restaurant on the day of the event. Takeout will also be www.southoldhistoricalsociety.org and click “Auction of Fine Art”. For further available. For further information please call (631) 765-5500. information on this event and others at the Society, please call (631) 765-5500 or visit us on the web at www.southoldhistoricalsociety.org.
Chicken & Ribs or salmon Dinner Tuesday April 26th Eastern Long Island Hospital calendar 201 Manor Place, Greenport • 477-5164 • [email protected] The Rotary Club of Southold is sponsoring its annual Chicken & Ribs or Salmon • February–May ELIH Auxiliary “Car Raffle” co-sponsored by Mullen Motors, dinner fund raiser at Soundview Restaurant in Greenport, from noon until 8PM. $50 per ticket. Win a 2011 Jeep Compass or $10,000 cash. Call 631-477-5463. Tickets are $20.00 per person and may be purchased from any Southold Rotarian •April 18 & 25, May 2, 9, 16 & 23, “Learn to be Tobacco Free” – Free smoking or at the door. Takeouts will be available. Proceeds will go to various Club projects cessation classes for Suffolk County residents. ELIH Conf Rm, 6 -7 pm. Call such as scholarships for local high school students, Eastern Long Island Hospital 631-477-5121 to register. in Greenport, Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck in Center Moriches, Maureen’s Haven, the Af- •April–May ELIH Auxiliary Annual Plant Sales, Support Your Local Hospital, ter School Program in Greenport, holiday food baskets, Rotary Youth Exchange, Brighten Your Garden with Geraniums and impatiens, order by May 2nd for the Interact and Early Act clubs, as well as the ongoing effort to eradicate polio in May 7th pick-up at the Opportunity Shop, Greenport or Latham’s Farmstand, the world. Your support is greatly appreciated. Thank you!” Orient, call 631-477-2047. For pick up on Shelter Island geranium orders only, call (631) 749-8804. Deadline for large orders (3 doz +) April 30th. •May 5 Spring Blood Drive, ELIH Conf Rm, 8 am – 5:15 pm. Walk-in’s wel- ship wrecks presentation Tuesday April 26th come. 631-477-5100. The Mattituck-Laurel Historical Society will present a talk by Bill Pfeiffer, Presi- •May 13 Auxiliary Sale, “Dream Designs” Boutique Fashion Accessories for every occasion - ELIH Conf Rm, 9 am to 4 pm. For more info call 631-477-5196. dent of the L.I. Divers Association, on Shipwrecks of Eastern Long Island. He •June 6 Auxiliary Trip to Foxwoods Casino, Cross Sound Ferry Sea Jet, 10 am to shares his experiences diving on 5 wrecks, from a German WWII sub to a British 7 pm, $30 per person. For tickets, call 631-765-5331. Warship sunk in 1781. Free, all are welcome. For more info: Nick (631) 948-0143. •June 8 Annual Golf Classic Honoring Ray Terry, Gardiner’s Bay Country Club, SI, (631) 477-5164. •June 16 FREE Skin Cancer Screening with Judy Ann Emanuele, MD, Board ——————— Custer Institute and Observatory —————— Certified Plastic Surgeon, 9 to 1 pm by appointment, Gladys Brooks Medical, 1115 Main Bayview Rd, Southold • 631-765-2626 • www.CusterObservatory.org 300 Atlantic Avenue, Greenport. To schedule, call 631-477-5121. GENERAL ADMISSION: Minimum suggested donation of $5 Adults, $3 Chil- •July 16 Auxiliary Beatles and Burgers Dinner Dance, American Legion Hall, dren under 14; FREE for Members. The suggested donation for the specific events Southold, 6 pm to 10 pm, $40.00 per person, for tickets call 631-765-2206. listed below includes the cost of General Admission. After the events, remain for •August 13 Annual Summer Gala, McCall’s Vineyard & Preserve, Cutchogue, refreshments and guided tours of the night sky through Custer’s telescopes. The observatory is open every clear Saturday evening from dusk until midnight. 631- 477-5164. ON-GOING: Every Sat. evening from 7PM until midnight, Custer is open to the Calendar of Events, continues on page 21... general public. Staff provide guided tours of the sky (weather permitting) via laser pointers and powerful telescopes, and are more than happy to answer questions. Group visits by classes, scouts, and others are welcome (contact CusterDonna@ yahoo.com to arrange). The facilities are also available for private functions.
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A Trail of Drift and Debris by Gail F. Horton
o you think beachcombing is all about colorful Joseph Angevine, Sr. had been a commercial fisher- shells, beach glass, starfish, rocks with mica encased man all his working life. He fished in Sheepshead Bay, Sin granite, sea worn nuggets of garnet quartz, a knee Brooklyn with Captain Mike Camada on the Virginia. In deep harvest of fresh Peconic Bay scallops washed ashore 1967 Joe purchased the 45 foot wooden boat Virginia from by a violent northeaster, or fishing hooks and line en- Camada and moved with it and his wife Dolores and chil- cased in a tangle of dried seaweed. Or maybe you like to dren Joe Jr., Richard, David and Patty, to Greenport from think about the divers’ booty - coral, old shipwrecks, gold their home in Ridgewood. Captain Angevine commenced doubloons and pieces of eight. And then, deep off shore, fishing the surrounding waters of Eastern Long Island. some swimmers are jarred when they scrape against one The Virginia could frequently be found fishing off of the large boulders left behind from the period when of the ruins, the former site of Fort Tyler: “Lying within the area now known as Long Island was detached from the waters of Block Island Sound, Fort Tyler guarded the the Atlantic coastal plain during the melting of the great southern segment of the Sound, as well as all the waters glaciers. The occasional – sometimes unmentionable – sea of the important bays where Long Island forks into two detritus is a source of unending fascination, and some- branches. Long Island, New York, has played a vital histor- times consternation such as the recent visit of hundreds ical role as one of America’s most heavily defended areas,” of quarter-sized white plastic biofilm chips that escaped as quoted in a January 14, 1958 memo from the Head- from a wastewater treatment plant in Mamaroneck, NY quarters of the First U. S. Army, Information Section, on and appeared on Bailie Beach in Mattituck. Eventually Governor’s Island, New York describing Long Island’s they were deemed not to pose any health risk. When my Eastern Shield. The document continues: “Long Island brother Bob discovered a sealed can of C-rations on the and its smaller islands were militarily important as guard- sound shore near McCabes Beach in Southold in the late ians to the metropolitan areas of New York, New Haven 1940’s we didn’t even, in our youthful exuberance, bother and Providence. In the outer ring of an elaborate defense to check it out for safety – but opened it up and savored system around these cities were eight military installations the unsavory rations. which have been vital cogs in the wheels of the American
Photos from top right: Virginia, 45 foot wooden fishing vessel of Captain Joseph Angevine Sr. in Sterling Creek, Greenport. Captain Angevine “tied his boat up at the end of the 2004 fishing season and was soon sick and went to the hospital. In two months he passed. He worked right to the end as he wanted to. He was 77years old.” Two photos showing nameplate on each side of the gyro gear. Full view of gyro gear. Lamp made from gyro gear crafted in true Sailor’s Fancy Work tradition. All compliments of Richard Angevine, Greenport. 16 ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 ————————————————————— defense effort, and a key to the changing weapons and missions in the U.S. at cleaning it up. As I chipped away at it my father yelled at me to ‘stop defense pattern. Reading from north to south these installations were rich beating on it’ and called another fisherman, Bill Allen, who told him it in history, tradition, and legends, and yet often unknown to the residents was a torpedo.” Well, Richard was hooked-so to speak-and full of curiosity of the area. In the north, Fort Mansfield, in Rhode Island, was 66 acres in about the torpedo which had a 6 foot long shaft, 2 foot diameter 35 gallon size. Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, had an area of 13 acres, 2 rods, 27 poles drum and a hatch frame. When he rolled the skeleton of the torpedo over and 2 links according to records. Fort Michie, on Great Gull Island, had an a gyro gear fell out of the hatch. Over the years he researched the origin of area of only 10 acres. Fort H.G. Wright, the ‘mother’ of most of these posts the mechanism and found out that it was a steam-driven gyro gear to steer had a total area of 334 acres-most of Fishers Island. Fort Terry, on Plum pre-World War I torpedos. As he cleaned the gear a data plate emerged and Island, was the largest of the eight posts, totally 797 acres. Fort Tyler, on the date 1908 as well as numbers identifying it as No. 368 and tor #1535 Gardiners Point totals about 14 acres. Camp Wicoff, which was in the Fort appeared. Other tantalizing information led Richard to wonder about the Pond area, had the shortest life, but brief national fame. Camp Hero, on imprint U.S.N., and another consisting of the letter F (then an image of an the south shore of Long Island at Montauk Point was the most mysterious. anchor) and the letter H. This led him to ponder if there was any relation- The most recently active post and the most heavily camouflaged.” ship between this torpedo and the Holland Torpedo Boat Company and By the time Captain Joe Angevine fished for porgies, bluefish, and the Holland Torpedo Boat Station in New Suffolk where the submarine stripers out near the fort, “a good fishing place” according to his son was designed and where maneuvers between the USS Boat the destroyer Richard, Fort Tyler had lost, along with the rest of the Eastern Shield its Winslow and seven submarines, including the Holland, were held in 1899- defensive mission against enemy encroachment, in favor of a more sophis- 1905. Once Angevine took the gyro gear to an antique identification day at ticated guided missile system. President Roosevelt had signed an executive the Oysterponds Historical Society hoping to solve the mystery of the trea- order making the migratory bird flyway a bird refuge in 1938. When, in the sure rescued from the local waters. The expert looked it over and admitted 1940’s, Town of Southold Supervisor S.W. Horton, along with local sports- to Richard, “You know more about it than I do.” men, fisherman, and property owners “strongly protested the bombing When he left full time fishing (he still occasionally fishes with brother maneuvers which were started by the Ninth Bombardment Group of the Joe Jr., a life-long fisherman and the former Harbor Master of Greenport U.S. General Headquarters Air Force at Mitchel Field” the area was even- Village) in 1982 for a position as a mechanic at Mattituck Air Base, he re- tually designated a state park and later transferred to private ownership. trieved the gyro gear out of his cellar where it had lain for several years and Richard remembers that as a young teenager he and his friends– despite the took it into work and polished it up on their machinery and, in the spirit warning signs that the area was ‘Government Property’– packed sandwiches of traditional sailors fancy work, made a lamp out of the gear. and took their boats out to the old fort to hang out and have a picnic. They Meanwhile, the Fort Tyler area, once an island of 14 acres, has been discovered smoke bombs there: “I brought one home and started drilling shrunk by time and the tide to less than one acre. It, along with “a trail of into it but when it started to smell bad I decided I better stop. I think it is drift and debris” continues to add to the histories and mysteries to be dis- still in Moms cellar.” He remembers the fort with remnants of the canon covered on our local shores and the surrounding waters. Richard Angevine, turret track and the very thick stone walls falling apart and crumbling into who enjoys exploring the history of life on the North Fork, hopes that the sea. Indeed the instability of the sandy base was also a problem when someday he will learn more about the 103 year old gyro gear that he hauled the fort was constructed in 1895 during the period of the Spanish American out of the bays fishing aboard the Virginia in 1974. War on the site of a lighthouse built there in 1854 and lit in 1855 that was destroyed in a severe coastal storm later in the century. Reports of the date the site of the Gardiner’s Point Lighthouse site was separated by erosion of the narrow spit of land that joined the property with the Gardiners Island Richard Angevine, Greenport, New York vary, but early area maps and records from the Gardiner family show the ThanksEva Bogaty, Brooklyn, to New— York connection of the two by a long spit of narrow beach with a bulbous point John Kostal, Greenport, New York reaching into the sea at the end. Thomas Monsell, Village of Greenport Historian, Greenport, New York In 1972, Richard joined his father fishing on the Virginia. He says that Headquarters First US Army, Release No. 15-59, Long Island’s Eastern there were times when he and his Dad used to sit on the deck and hear Shield, 14 January 1958 military planes overhead and watch them dive in close to the ruins and Easthampton Library - Long Island History Section take sites and photos. He vividly remembers the day in 1974 during his ten- Easthampton Star Clippings mid 1940’s Officials Protest Bombing of Fort year fishing career when they pulled a net up in the area of the ruins there Tyler & Old Fort Tyler Target of New Army Bombers was a large, encrusted mass hanging off one of the boat’s cables, “a mass George Morton, Fort Tyler, The Peconic Bay Shopper, July 1992 fell out of the net and hit the deck and it sounded very heavy. I put it aside Suffolk Times, March 24 & March 31, 2011 instead of throwing it back in the water and throughout the day I worked Walt Whitman, Fish-Shaped Paumanok & As I Ebbed With the Ocean of Life
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Henrietta Payne, SOUTHOLD PHOTOGRAPHER by Antonia Booth, Southold Town Historian
I first heard of Henrietta Payne, one of very few professional women in nineteenth century Southold, about twenty years ago when Walter Mengeweit offered to take me for a drive around the hamlet while at- tempting to recreate a course he took, circa 1935, with then Southold Town Historian Wayland Jefferson. Jefferson was the first official town historian and remarkable not just for his writing and research skills, but also for having a black mother and white father. As we drove Walt would refer to his notes while telling me some fascinating stories. An interest in local history was a long-time preoccupation with him. We started out on Horton’s Lane where Miss Payne lived and had her studio. Walter described her as an “illustrator” but I’d been told by Helen Conway that she remembered seeing a photograph of the house with a sign “Photographer” over a door at the lower right side. I later learned that Henrietta had bought the lot on the west side of the lane from Azariah Horton and that the work of digging the cellar was begun in April of 1884. It was unusual then for a woman alone to build a house. The second floor of the house was rented to a Mr. Severance, principal of the Southold Academy, the school Henrietta attended with her brother Orrin. (Incidentally, the Academy is the building that now houses Acad- emy Printing and the Peconic Bay Shopper and Mike Hagerman, pub- lisher and editor, is a descendant of the Payne family.) Apart from looking up Henrietta Payne in the Southold-Shelter Is- land Register of 1910-11 and finding she was indeed listed as an illustra- tor, I could discern no way to learn more about her until in June of 1996, Alex and Tracy Sutton, a couple with five young children, bought the house on Horton’s Lane. Wanting to know more about their new home, Tracy would pull her children in a wagon over to my office which was then in Feather Hill and together we did some research at the Whitaker Collection of Southold Library. I also came across a diary which turned out to have been written by Henrietta’s mother, Mary Adelia Sayre (1823- 1883) after her husband, Hubbard Corwith Payne, a farmer, died in 1880. Mary Sayre’s parents, Foster Sayre and Nancy Horton, were from Bridgehampton.
I also learned that Henrietta Payne (or “Etta” as she was known locally) was descended from one of the first settlers of Southold, had an unusual career for a woman, distinguished herself academically at a later age than customary, and, although her diary notes many gentleman call- ers at her parents’ home as well as an active intellectual and cultural life, she remained single and died tragically alone, at age 91, the recipient of old age assistance from the County. With the help of David Kerkhof, who at the time was working at the Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead, we found that many of “Etta” Payne’s photographs were in the Society’s collection, in this case known as The William Wells Collection. Director Wally Broege, with his typical generosity, took the pictures to be copied when the Suttons offered to help me acquire some of them for the Town. Tracy Sutton assisted in transcribing Etta’s own diary begun in 1866 at age fifteen. Like her mother’s own diary and akin to so many other journals of the period they are very brief accounts of weather, school, family visits, funer- als and weddings with only a few unusual entries as on December 28th when “The Steamer Commodore wrecked at the Inlet (Peconic) a mile from here” and a visit to “Flatbush Lunatic Asylum.” Etta seemed to have an eclectic attitude toward churches: she visited “Henry Ward Beecher’s” church, as well as Trinity Church in Manhattan, “a Roman Catholic ca- thedral”, and a Unitarian Church on Clinton Street. She went to see the 18 ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 —————————————————————
THE HOUSE ON HORTON’S LANE: Here, Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin Payne in front of Miss Etta Payne’s home (note the sign “Photographer”, to the left indicating her profession and her office.) The dark mass of the horse and carriage form a graceful frame for the house. The dirt roads may have been muddy but the flowers and leaves in the foreground make the picture more attractive. well-known actor, Edwin Forest, perform in “Shakespeare’s King Lear” and noted that her brother, Orrin, walked with a friend from Shelter Island to Southold ‘on the ice’ on March 5, 1868. She also mentioned the dedication of “the Catho- lic Church on March 17, 1869” (St. Patrick’s in Southold. There was a story in the March 2011 issue of the Peconic Bay Shopper about that first church, “The Immigrant Church in Southold”. Two of the photos illustrating the story were by Henrietta Payne.) Orrin Payne, born in 1847, was a bit older than his sister Henrietta and became first a teacher, then a profes- sor. He married Annie Mace from New York City in 1875 and the couple had one child, Henry, born in 1878. Henry Payne became a civil engineer. He later moved with his wife, Fanny, to Morgantown, West Virginia. Henrietta Payne’s photographs show humor, an ar- tistic talent and a well-developed sense of composition. Al- though the pictures are obviously posed, she was able to pro- duce a relaxed and informal effect. Several of them reflect the enormous popularity of “the bicycle craze” that inflamed all of Long Island and Suffolk County in particular in the late nineteenth century. Southold Town licensed bicycles, and built bicycle paths that made it possible to ride safely from hamlet to hamlet. Greenport Village had hundreds of “wheels” as they were called. The enthusiasm for biking led ETTA’S OWN FAMILY TAKEN IN THE LATE 1890s: Not all the names are legible on the photocopy to a vast improvement of roads all over the Island, which in provided by Wally Broege, Director of the Suffolk County Historical Society, not his fault, he copied the turn made it much easier for the automobile to earn popu- hand-written inscription on the back. In rear to right are Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Payne, below them is their larity and to be operated in relative safety. Early Southold son, Harry Payne and his wife, Fanny Allis (?) to their left is photographer Henrietta Payne, and Mrs. Orrin Payne’s father, Mr. Busbie (?) ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 ————————————————————— 19
Town Police records indicate a multi- tude of auto accidents. As Elsie and Fred Corwin pointed out in their “Diary of a Country Newspaper,” the bicycle not only paved the way for the automobile but also started the trend toward suburban living. Bicycle clubs were all the rage and endorsed inns and other hostelries as safe and clean places in which vis- iting cyclists could stay overnight. From the Whitaker Collection of Southold Free Library I obtained, “Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle” by Karl Kron (1887) which has a chapter on Long Island and Staten Island. The author describes a trip taken on the recommendation of another wheelman in which he takes his “wheel” along with him on the ferry from New London and from thence to Greenport from which he rode south and west to the hotel in Mattituck “without dismount”. A hotel in Southold is also mentioned. A large photo of this hotel can be seen in the lobby of the main branch of Capital One Bank in Southold; it had previously stood on the corner of what is now Youngs Avenue and Route 25 where the bank is now. Al- SYLVAN SCENE AT JOCKEY CREEK: this photograph is identified as a Sunday School Picnic of the Methodist-Episcopal Church though that hotel was broken down on the shore of Jockey Creek, Southold. Note the bicycles propped on a tree, one with a large straw hat dangling from the handlebars. into four buildings which still exist in various parts of Southold hamlet, shores of Jockey Creek (with several bicycles propped up of the present Methodist Church in Southold on land the same can’t be said of the lovely alongside a grove of trees) are a seated group of young purchased from lawyer Hull Tuthill. old Mattituck Hotel that was once women with a teacher enjoying a picnic-lunch. They are Henrietta Payne certainly kept busy with her on the corner of Love Lane and the identified as a “Sunday School class of the Methodist work, her craft, which might easily be elevated to an art. same Route 25. Episcopal Church.” She must have gotten many commissions but evidently Around the same time that Old diaries point to the fact that Sunday Schools did many photographs for the sheer pleasure it gave her. Charles “Mile a Minute Murphy” and choral singing were recreational activities and it’s Quite amazingly, at the age of 49, Henrietta returned to was riding his bicycle behind a Long easy to see why when we look at the picture of the pic- college where she enrolled in a post-graduate university Island Railroad train, completing nic on the banks of Jockey Creek. The first Methodist course in Baltimore, “passed all required examinations a mile in 57.8 seconds, Henrietta sermon in Southold Town was preached by John Wes- at 95%” while her thesis on chemical analysis was graded Payne was photographing an attrac- ley’s colleague, George Whitfield, en route to Boston 100%. She received the degree of Bachelor of Science. tive trio: two young women on cycles, in 1764. Early Methodists met in private homes, and a After all this it is almost bruising to read Hen- Emma Boisseau and Daisy Mitchell, Methodist Society was formed in 1795 when Southold rietta’s April 11, 1943 death certificate signed both by on either side of a good-looking was placed on the Long Island Circuit of Methodist Pas- the doctor who last saw her, Dr. J.W. Stokes, and S. W. chap, Theodore Shippard, reclining tors. Their first meeting house or “station” was built on Horton, the Greenport undertaker. Russell Davidson on a patterned hammock in the leafy the northwest corner of Route 25 and Boisseau Avenue, was the Registrar and Ralph Booth issued the burial backyard of an unidentified house. at the time known as Methodist Lane. (Wayside Market permit. Henrietta Payne died at age 91 in Southold of In another sylvan scene along the in 2011.) In 1850, a second church was built on the site a combination of pneumonia and a fall. At the time of 20 ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 —————————————————————
PART OF THE BICYCLE CRAZE: From left to right in this charming photograph by Henrietta Payne are Emma Boisseau, Theodore Shippard and Daisy Mitchell.
her death, this formerly active and professional woman was receiving old age as- sistance from Suffolk County. She was buried at Southold Presbyterian Church on April 15, 1943.
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Thanks to Bob and Carol Brown, Gail and Dave Horton, Liz Wood, Tracy and Alex Sutton, Wally Broege, David Kerkhof and the Whitaker Collection of South- old Library. Also to generous people like Walter Mengeweit and Helen Thomp- son Conway and all who gave and continue to give so freely of their knowledge and enthusiasm.
A PORTRAIT OF A SOUTHOLD LADY: Louise Conklin Lehr in an el- PECONIC CYCLISTS POSED BY AN AVENUE OF TREES AND PHOTO- egant setting. So this is what Southold looked liked in the nineteenth century? GRAPHED BY HENRIETTA PAYNE OF SOUTHOLD: Here we have more Note the artistic touch of the woman’s face repeated in the upper left hand attractive men, this time they are Ernest Corwin and Percy Hatton. corner. ————————————————————— The Peconic Bay Shopper • Preserving Local History • April 2011 ————————————————————— 21 Calendar of Events, continued from page 9...
LIBRARY PROGRAM CALENDAR: Mattituck-Laurel Library, Mattituck, NY • 631-298-4134 • www.mattlibrary.org •Friday April 8, 1:30pm—Free Film “Secretariat” PG Based on the novel by William Nack, this film chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. •Sat. April 9, 1pm—Chess Workshop for 2nd–6th graders. Jim MacLeod instructs beginners; those who know how to play begin their matches. Call 298-4134x4 to register. •Monday, April 11, 4pm—Book Break. Students in grades 2 and 3 will discover what is in the pages of some exciting books. Enjoy a snack. Call 298-4134x4 to register. •Wed. April 13, 6:30pm—Grains for Great Health & Enjoyment. Shelley Scoggins from the Market in Greenport will teach the health benefits of various grains and demonstrate how to incorporate them into your diet. $5 per person. Please register at the Circulation Desk. •Thursday April 14, 4 -5:00pm —Treats for Pups. Teens, come support the North Fork Animal Welfare League by making homemade dog biscuits for the Southold Animal Shelter. All materials will be provided. Please register in advance: stop in, call 298-4134 or email [email protected] •Friday April 15, 1:30pm —Free Film “Babette’s Feast” G A French expatriate in a small, puritan Danish seaport town wins the lottery and puts on a real French dinner. •Saturday April 16, 1pm — Storytime with Diesel the Baby Donkey. Share donkey stories then see a real baby donkey. For the family - all are invited. •Sunday April 17, 2pm — Local Author, Tom Gahan examines the challenges of the English language, Long Island history and how they played a role in the writing of his novel “Harmony Bay”. Free of charge, no pre-registration required. •Tuesday April 19, 9:30am — Friends of the Library Meeting. All are welcome to attend. •Tuesday April 19, 1:30-3:00pm — Health Insurance Counseling. Individual, confidential and accurate information and guidance for seniors and other Medicare eligible persons, sponsored by the Suffolk County Office for the Aging. Call the circulation desk for an appointment. FREE. •Tuesday April 19, 4pm — Book Discussion: “Night Fall” by Nelson DeMille. This mystery’s characters re-investigate the tragedy of Flight 800. For details: 298-4134x6. •Wednesdays April 20 - May 4, 1am — Baby’s Rhyme Time. For infants through 12 months with caregiver. Open to all North Fork parents. •Wednesday April 20, 3–6pm — Friends of the Library Book Sale. Come to the Library’s lower level for reading, viewing and listening materials all at bargain prices. •Wednesday April 20, 6:30-7:30pm — Pilates Class. New 6-week session begins. Develop strength in the abdominal core, increase alignment and overall body confidence. Bring mat and water. Fee: $45/Mattituck-Laurel residents; $50/out-of-district. No need to preregister, pay at class. •Friday April 22, 1:30pm — Free Film “The Italian Job” PG13 – Charlie Croker’s plan was flawless, perfectly executed and the escape was clean – he never saw it coming. •Wed. April 27, 4-5pm — Burger Boy. For children in grades K & 1. Enjoy the book “Burger Boy” by Alan Durant and create an unusual burger. Register in advance. •Fridays April 29 & May 6, 5:45-6:30pm — Yoga for You for children grades 2 & 3. Relax and enjoy yoga. Bring your own mat or beach towel. Register in advance. •Friday April 29, 1:30pm — Free Film “True Grit” G John Wayne is the aging marshal, Rooster Cogburn, in this original 1969 film. •Sunday May 1, 4pm — The Recorder Orchestra of New York performs in concert at the Mattituck Presbyterian Church. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Mattituck-Laurel Library. Admission is free. All are welcome. •Fridays May 6–May 20, 10-10:40am — Toddler Time for ages 13-24 mos. (with caregiver). Informal playtime with rhymes, finger plays and action songs. Register. •Friday May 6, 1–3pm — Hearing Testing. Audiologist, Dr. Barbara Prestano from Peconic ENT. For all ages. Free of charge, no pre-registration required. •Monday May 9, 6 pm — Library Board of Trustees Meeting. Open to the public, all are welcome to attend. •Tuesday May 10, 5pm or 6:30pm — Yoga Instruction, New 10-week sessions begin. Bring yoga mat or towel. $60/Mattituck-Laurel residents; $65/out-of-district. Pay at class. •Fridays May 13 & May 20, 5:45-6:30pm— Tween Yoga for grades 4, 5 & 6 with Beth Winter. Bring your own mat or beach towel. Register in advance. April in the Art Gallery: “For the Love of Art” – Annual Student Art Exhibit Mattituck-Cutchogue students from grades 4 – 12 exhibit work from the December 2010 student show at the Parrish Art Museum, as well as more recent creations in drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, fashion design and digital pho- tography. An Artists’ Reception and Award Presentation will be held on Monday, April 11th from 5 to 7 p.m.
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