A Publication of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum The Chesapeake Log Winter 2012 contents Winter 2012 Aboard the Barbara Batchelder Mission Statement The mission of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime In the fall issue of The Chesapeake Log, “The Birthplace of Rosie Parks,” author Museum is to inspire an understanding Dick Cooper interviewed Irénée du Pont Jr. about his own skipjack, the Barbara of and appreciation for the rich maritime Batchelder, also built by Bronza Parks in the mid-1950s. This past September, heritage of the Chesapeake Bay and its Museum President Langley Shook, Chief Curator Pete Lesher, Project Manager tidal reaches, together with the artifacts, cultures and connections between this Marc Barto, and Shipwright Apprentice Jenn Kuhn were invited to sail on the place and its people. Chester River aboard the Barbara Batchelder with Irénée and his wife Barbara, the skipjack’s namesake. 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.
Don’t forget to visit us on Facebook! facebook.com/mymaritimemuseum Follow the Museum’s progress on historic Chesapeake boat restoration projects as well as updates for the Apprentice For a Day Program. Chesapeakeboats.blogspot.com 3 President’s Letter 13 Education 23 Calendar Check out Beautiful Swimmers, by Langley R. Shook What’s Fresh? Seasonal Selections Lecture Series, Member Nights, a general education forum and valuable from Education. Read about the new Exhibit Explorations, and 2012 resource of stories, links, and information for 4 Currents Oystering Legacy Tours, educational Save-the-Date event listings. the curious of minds. Beautifulswimmers.tumblr.com New staff members welcomed, outreach initiatives, the winter/spring Sultana’s replica John Smith shallop 2012 lecture series, and more. 25 Annual Fund Honor Roll The Chesapeake Bay at the Museum, Tug Delaware By Kate Livie Meet the newest members of the Maritime Museum historic restoration underway, Rise Academy for Lifelong Learning Museum’s Perpetual Mariner’s Navy Point, PO Box 636 St. Michaels, MD 21663 Up Coffee available in Welcome announces winter semester. Society, which recognizes supporters 410-745-2916, cbmm.org Center, and event highlights. By Esty Collette who have included the Museum in their estate plans. On the cover: 11 Curator’s Corner 15 Feature “Delaware on the Rail,” by fine art photographer Model tug Torrent restored. On Deck with the Captain of Jeff Nicklason of Grasonville, MD. See more Correction: of his photography in the Museum store and By Pete Lesher the Rosie Parks. On page 20 of the 2010-2011 Annual online at Nicklasonphoto.com. By Dick Cooper Report, we erroneously omitted Bob Traynelis Lifelines Editors: Tracey Munson & Marie Thomas 12 Restoring Navy Point in the listing of volunteers who received Creative Director: Marie Thomas Get to know boatyard volunteer By Langley Shook special recognition during the 2010-2011 Copy Editor: Mariana Lesher volunteer appreciation ceremony. John “Doc” Hawkinson, MD. Contributing Writers: Check out upcoming volunteer 19 On The Rail Bob logged an incredible 792 hours of Dick Cooper, Pete Lesher, Kate Livie, training sessions. Updates from the boatyard: service to the Museum last year, for which we Mike Gorman, Katie Willis, Esty Collet, are extremely grateful. Our sincerest apologies (top) The Barbara Batchelder looks very much the way it did when first built. (bottom left) Langley Shook, Tracey Munson, Marie Thomas By Katie Willis Delaware, Edna E. Lockwood, and for the error and heartfelt thanks to Bob for Chief Curator Pete Lesher and Irénée du Pont. (right top) Project Manager Marc Barto at Rosie Parks plus photos from the his dedication. the helm with Museum President Langley Shook and du Pont. (bottom right) Shipwright The Chesapeake Log is a publication of Parks family reunion at OysterFest. Apprentice Jenn Kuhn takes a turn at the wheel with du Pont. the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.
1 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 2 President’s Letter Museum Welcomes by Langley R. Shook, President Board of Museum Staff Governors New Staff Members Administration very one of us, as members and friends of the Museum, 2011-2012 Langley R. Shook, President, 4951 makes our own mark on the history, heritage, traditions, René Stevenson, Director of Development Eand culture of the Chesapeake Bay region. Our Museum is & Assistant to the President, 4950 Jean Brooks of St. Michaels, MD, has joined the Museum as the new vice Tracey Munson, Vice President of Communications, 4960 the book that safeguards these collective stories and shares CG Appleby, Chair president of finance and administration. Before moving to St. Michaels a their inspiration with the thousands of people who support Marie Thomas, Communications Manager, 4953 Alan R. Griffith, Vice Chair year ago with her husband, Jean had a 30-year career in the New York area in and care about our work. Locals, tourists, watermen, and Melissa Spielman, Director of Events & Volunteer Program, 4956 accounting, finance, and business development with, in reverse order, Hewlett- weekenders—the “come here’s” and the “from here’s”—all of Joseph E. Peters, Vice Chair Ida Heelan, Events Coordinator, 4944 Packard Finance Services, CIT Group/AT&T Capital, Chase Manhattan us have a connection to this unique place. Tom D. Seip, Treasurer Bank and Price Waterhouse. Brooks is a CPA with a degree in accounting, Occasionally, the Museum is privileged to help assemble Mark S. Nestlehutt, Secretary Breene M. Kerr Center for Chesapeake Studies magna cum laude, from St. John’s University and an MBA degree in finance the elements that together preserve and enrich a particular Paul Berry Pete Lesher, Chief Curator, 4971 from Pace University. In addition to her responsibilities as the Museum’s family’s legacy. This November’s annual OysterFest will be Richard J. Bodorff Richard Scofield, Assistant Curator of Watercraft, 4966 chief financial officer, Brooks will oversee human resources, visitor services remembered for more than just its record attendance of 2,500. Fifty-seven of our visitors Harry W. Burton Director of the Kerr Center, 4959 Rob Forloney, (including the marina), museum store and e-commerce development, and risk were members of the Parks family, who came from as far away as New Mexico and Florida Frederic N. Cross Kate Livie, Director of Education, 4947 management. She also will coordinate and direct grants research, writing and to celebrate the restoration of Bronza and Orville Parks’—and now the Museum’s—skip- William S. Dudley Eric Applegarth, Exhibits Specialist, 4945 jack Rosie Parks. What began as a boat restoration project has evolved to help revitalize a David E. Dunn Lynne Phillips, Collections Manager, 4972 administration. Brooks is an avid sailor and member of the Miles River Yacht Jocelyn W. Eysymontt family’s rich Chesapeake heritage and the legacies it carries forward. Helen Van Fleet, Education & Reservations Assistant, 4941 Club where she serves on the finance committee. Anna W. Fichtner Michelle Zacks, Museum Folklorist, 4961 Many of the Parks family in attendance had not seen each other in more than 40 years, and Howard S. Freedlander Robert Forloney of St. Michaels, MD, has Dagmar D. P. Gipe most of the great-great-grandchildren had never met. As the Museum’s Rosie Parks Project Constituent Services returned to the Museum as director of the Kerr Manager Marc Barto said at OysterFest, “This shows that the Museum is not just about James P. Harris Debbie Collison, Membership Team Leader, 4991 E. Brooke Harwood, Jr. Katie Willis, Visitor Services Team Leader, 4993 Center for Chesapeake Studies. Forloney is the artifacts and old boats. We’re also about the people and stories behind every object in our Christopher A. Havener Emilie Knud-Hansen, Membership/Development Museum’s previous director of education and collection. For Rosie, we’re not just restoring an old boat, we’re also reuniting a family. Now Francis Hopkinson Assistant, 4955 returns after a leave of absence following the that’s pretty cool.” Pamela Jana Marty Smythe, Museum Store Manager, 4963 birth of his twin sons. Forloney’s responsibilities R. Douglas Jurrius Victoria Alexander, Museum Store Associate, 4962 OysterFest isn’t the only place we’re engaging people like you in Chesapeake cultures. include developing partnerships with com- Richard H. Kimberly Gloria Condrell, Museum Store Associate, 4962 With the Elf Classic Yacht Race, Frederick Douglass Day, Watermen’s Appreciation Day, Peter M. Kreindler Megan Fisher, Museum Host, 4945 munity organizations and cultural institutions, the St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance, Maritime Monster Mash, and the James L. Stewart William C. Millar Anne Robling, Museum Host, 4945 oversight of the Museum’s internship program as Memorial Grand Prix, we are a Museum that isn’t for a certain age, gender, race, or class Geoffrey F. Oxnam Maggie Robar, Museum Store Associate, 4962 well as ensuring that the Museum’s research of people. At the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, you truly have a place where people Bruce A. Ragsdale is incorporated into dynamic public programs from all walks of life can celebrate the Bay and the diverse people who have lived, worked, Henry H. Stansbury Boatyard Rosie Parks Project Manager, 4967 and exhibits. and played here for generations, and still do today. Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr. Marc Barto, Mike Gorman, Vessel Maintenance Manager, 4967 Richard C. Tilghman, Jr. Debbie Collison of St. Michaels, MD, has This year, more than 1,000 people ventured out during a record-breaking, 103-degree heat Don MacLeod, Vessel Maintenance Assistant, 4967 Alfred Tyler, 2nd joined the Museum as the new membership wave to come to our signature event, the Chesapeake Folk Festival. The 1,000 guests at Barbara Viniar Dan Sutherland, Boat Yard Program Manager, 4968 India Gilham-Westerman, Shipwright Apprentice, 4967 team leader. Collison’s responsibilities include Watermen’s Appreciation Day barely skipped a beat during the torrential downpour, waiting Langley R. Shook, President it out under tents, eating steamed crabs and swapping stories about worse storms they’d Jennifer Kuhn, Shipwright Apprentice, 4967 enhancing the member experience through pro- Emeriti Bud McIntire, Shipwright Apprentice, 4967 weathered in years past on the Bay. gramming and outreach initiatives. She brings Richard T. Allen Ken Philips, Shipwright Apprentice, 4967 more than 30 years of management experience The Museum has seen more members at our events this past year than any time in recent Margaret D. Keller memory, and your unwavering support reaffirms the critical importance of how our work is Breene M. Kerr Finance and community service to her position. Collison Jean Brooks, Vice President of Finance, 4958 enriching lives. Your support allows the Museum to share how all of these intriguing stories Charles L. Lea, Jr. has served on the boards of several non-profit Brenda Faulkner, Director of Human Resources, 4948 intertwine into a patchwork of history, connecting people who otherwise would have little D. Ted Lewers organizations, including the Chesapeake Center, Fred C. Meendsen Digie McGuirk, Accounting/HR Assistant, 4957 in common, and bringing them together in celebration of this special place. Talbot Mentors, and Computer Literacy for John C. North II Operations Coming up in 2012, we have an exhibition on Chesapeake tugboats in the works; our Sumner Parker Kids. She is a member of the Harbourtowne Bill Gilmore, Vice President of Operations, 4949 Robert A. Perkins Ladies’ Golf Association, High Hopes Investment Club, and St. Luke’s United winter/spring 2012 lecture series, “An Abundant and Fruitful Land: Foodways of the John Ford, Facilities Manager, 4970 James K. Peterson Methodist Church, and volunteers with Waterfowl Festival, Talbot Partner- Chesapeake, Now and Then”; highly-focused docent training; and, of course, a wide range Lad Mills, Boat Donations Program Manager, 4942 Norman H. Plummer of inclusive special events appealing to diverse audiences. (See our calendar of events on Donna Fairbank, Facilities Custodian, 4969 ship, Habitat for Humanity Choptank, and the St. Michaels Annual Crop John J. Roberts Sam Fairbank, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 Walk. Collison earned her BA with honors in liberal arts from Hood College page 23). I hope your own story will continue to unfold here at the Museum, as you add a Henry H. Spire Joseph Redman, Facilities Maintenance Assistant, 4969 new chapter to Chesapeake history. James E. Thomas in Frederick, MD, and has lived along the Chesapeake since 1990. Joan Darby West To contact, dial 410-745, and the number listed. Donald G. Whitcomb To email, use the first initial, full last name @cbmm.org. 3 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 4 currents 14th Boating Party Gala Fundraiser Sultana’s Replica John Saturday, September 10 India Gilham-Westerman of Port Townsend, WA, Smith Shallop Now at has joined the Museum as a shipwright apprentice. the Museum Gilham-Westerman begins her apprenticeship work- ing on the restoration of the skipjack Rosie Parks. She worked over three Alaska fishing seasons aboard charter and com- mercial fishing vessels, gill-netting for salmon and char- ter fishing for halibut. She also worked on the restora- tion of Tres Hombres in Den Helder, Netherlands, before sailing the brigantine in the North Sea and Europe. Gilham-Westerman holds an associate’s degree in wood- en boatbuilding from the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA, and a bachelor of science degree in math from Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. During her one-year apprenticeship, Gilham-Westerman is living in St. Michaels. ultana Projects’ replica John Smith shallop is Ken Philips of Port nowS on display along the Townsend, WA, also has St. Michaels Harbor just The 14th Annual Boating Party Gala Fundraiser “Dressing the Ship” welcomed more than 600 guests and raised $190,000 to benefit the Museum. Guests enjoyed dinner and dancing to the Freddy Cole Jazz Quartet (pictured left) and The Golden Gup. A special thanks to joined the Museum as a outside the welcome cen- co-chairs Amy and Paul Berry (pictured above, center) and the Boating Party Committee for their dedication and tireless efforts. (right) The shipwright apprentice. ter. Built in 2005, the John first Candy Backus award was presented by Vice Chairman of the Board Joe Peters to Bob and Kay Perkins for their leadership and in Philips recently earned Smith shallop is a full-scale appreciation for Candy’s own devotion and hard work to make the Museum’s Boating Party a success. his associate’s degree in replica of the small open wooden boatbuilding from boat, or “shallop” used by the Northwest School of Captain Smith to make the Wooden Boatbuilding in first detailed European Port Hadlock, WA. exploration of the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. He holds a bachelor of business administration The original shallop was a small, shallow-drafted kit boat, degree from the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. made in two halves that could be pulled out of the hold of Prior to attending boatbuilding school, Philips worked a larger ship and quickly put together to explore the creeks and rivers of the New World. in Philadelphia’s financial services district. He has sailed the Chesapeake aboard a 1978 Saber 28 since 2004. The two-part replica shallop, constructed of oak and Osage- Philips’ apprenticeship begins with the restoration of the orange (also in two parts), went on to make a full retracing tug Delaware. He currently resides in St. Michaels, MD. of John Smith’s 1608 voyage as part of Sultana Projects’ Captain John Smith Four Hundred Project. 5th St. Michaels The shallop crew, made up of 12 men and women, rowed, Concours d’Elegance sailed, and lived in the open vessel during the reenactment, as Smith’s crew would have in 1608. Sunday, September 25
5 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 6 currents Despite heavy rain, more than 1,000 people came to the 2nd annual Watermen’s Appreciation Day to support the Talbot Tug Delaware’s Historic Restoration County Watermen’s Association (TCWA). (left) The boat docking contest draws a big crowd. (below, from left) Brothers Guy and Now Underway Joe Spurry, (owners of Bay Hundred Seafood and Chesapeake Landing Restaurant) sponsors of the event, helped to serve steamed crabs. (middle) Senator Rich Colburn, Thomas P. n recognition of her upcoming Jones (recognized as oldest working water- centennial, the tug Delaware is now man in Talbot County, age 82), Delegate Ibeing restored to her 1912 appear- Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, Delegate Jay ance in full public view. Delaware is Jacobs, TCWA’s Lisa Gowe, and Edgar Han- sen, from the Discovery Channel’s hit show a rare example of a typical early 20th “Deadliest Catch.” century wooden river tug. Built in (right) Edgar Hansen and PT Hambleton, a 1912 in Bethel, DE, by William H. 2nd Watermen’s Appreciation Day winner in the boat docking contest. Smith, Delaware measures 39’8” x Saturday, August 14 11’4” and is now a floating exhibit at the Museum. Delaware is a product of Bethel’s great age of wooden ship and boatbuilding. Apart from the 1900 ram schooner Victory Chimes (formerly Edwin and Maud), Delaware may be the only the tug, when she became a common and towed ram schooners to and from survivor. In 1929, the tug was bought sight around the Upper Eastern Laurel. Occasionally, she carried parties by James Ireland of Easton, MD, who Shore, engaged in building bulkheads of young people to Sandy Hill for day was in partnership with John H. Bailey and docks until she was laid up in the trips on the Nanticoke River. (Read in a marine construction business. late 1980s. Delaware hauled scows on more on page 19). Later, Bailey acquired sole interest in Broad Creek, often laden with lumber,
Rise Up Coffee haring a love of the Chesapeake says Visitor Services Team Leader 14th Boat Auction Bay and the communities served, Katie Willis. “Our missions are similar; Saturday, September 3 Now Offered in SRise Up Coffee is now donating coffee Rise Up promotes community through The 14th annual Charity Boat Auction drew to serve in the Museum’s Welcome the global reach of coffee, and the a crowd of 1,600 people and sold 90 boats, Welcome Center Center. For the local coffee company’s Museum promotes community ranging in size and performance from sailing owners Tim and Abigail Cureton, through sharing the cultural heritage dinghies to cabin cruisers. More than $120,000 By Katie Willis giving back to their community is of the Chesapeake Bay and the people was raised to support the Museum and its nothing new. who live here.” mission. (right) Museum Board Member Paul Berry serves as auctioneer. Rise Up Coffee sponsors various local As one of the Museum’s Skipjack Fleet and global charitable organizations, business members, Rise Up staff enjoy including the Peace Corps, for which extended Museum member benefits Tim has a particular affinity due to including discounts on classes and his previous Peace Corps service in programs, invitations to exclusive the Pacific. Their charitable giving fits members-only events, and more. right into their mission to “Serve the Businesses are encouraged to join the best coffee. Make the most friends. Museum as members by contacting Do the least harm.” Membership Team Leader Debbie “Both the Museum and Rise Up Coffee Collison at 410-745-4991 or emailing serve a unique and close community,” [email protected].
7 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 8 29th Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival currents Saturday & Sunday, October 1 & 2
The 29th annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival welcomed 268 registered participants, 170 boats, and more than 1,000 in attendance over the course of the weekend. The festivities kicked off with an oyster roast and included races, a swap meet, music, and scenic river cruises.
This year’s OysterFest set an all-time record with 2,500 people in attendance. Festival-goers enjoyed live music, oysters and other foods, children’s activities, boat rides, demonstrations, and an oyster stew competition won for the second consecutive year by Chef David Hayes of Harbour Lights at St. Michaels Harbour Inn, Marina & Spa. It was at last year’s OysterFest that the skipjack Rosie Parks restoration proj- ect was announced. A year later, 57 members of the Parks family came to OysterFest for a family reunion and to celebrate the rebirth of the Rosie in memory of her builder, Bronza Parks and his brother and Rosie’s Captain, Orville Parks. The family presented the Museum with a selection of Bronza’s and Orville’s tools, now part of our permanent collection. See photos of the Parks family reunion on page 22 and read all about the latest progress on the Rosie project. (top, clockwise) The Talbot County Watermen’s Association served oysters raw and steamed. The Mister Jim was packed for an ecology cruise. Vessel Maintenance Manager Mike Gorman and new Museum members Brigitte and David Phillips of Lancaster PA, hold a section of the old floor of the tug Delaware. David is the great-grandson of Delaware’s builder William H. Smith. B-Natural entertained crowds for the day. (bottom, from left) Pres Harding, Chief Curator Pete Lesher, Shipwright Apprentice India Gilham-Westerman, Project Manager Marc Barto, Maritime Monster Mash Tom Parks, and Shipwright Apprentices Bud McIntire and Jenn Kuhn on top of Rosie’s doghouse during the presentation of Bronza’s and Orville’s tools. In the front row are Rosie Parks supporters Earl Brannock and Ginger Martus, Maxine and Bill Millar, and Parks family Friday, October 21 member Mary Parks Harding. Director of Education Kate Livie explains the vital importance of oysters to the health of the Chesapeake Bay. 9 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 10 curator’s corner lifelines Volunteer Volunteer Training & Events Contact Melissa Spielman to register Profile at [email protected] or by phone at by Katie Willis 410-745-4956. Current volunteers may register on the volunteer website. General Tour Training
For volunteers interested in becoming y his own account, John A. “Doc” docents, this training provides the Hawkinson, MD, is not the type of basics of content, interpretive skills, Bperson who needs to head to Florida and critical thinking needed to guide every winter. In fact, he says, “I’m a group on a general tour. No experience perfectly happy staying through the necessary, although an interest in public seasons. I love it here.” speaking is critical. All sessions are mandatory for course completion. John’s time on Maryland’s Eastern Shore began in 1964, when he moved February 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23 from Philadelphia to continue his (above) You can usually find John A. 10am-12:30pm obstetrics and gynecology practice with “Doc” Hawkinson and his sidekick Van Lennep Auditorium (VLA) the Memorial Hospital at Easton. From Scout in the boatshop. Model Tug Torrent Restored Tour and School Program 1964 to 2000, John delivered, to his best (right) John takes a ride on the bugeye guess, around 3,000 babies––including he and Sidney Dickson built, the Katherine Docent Training May Edwards. by Pete Lesher the author of this article. Each program has two days of training. Although his medical practice was a Both sessions are necessary to complete he city of Baltimore, with its port Although not a scale model—the model primary motivation for moving, John’s the three historic houses that now serve new boat, to restoring boats and inter- the training successfully, and it is sug- facilities sprawling around the is proportionately a little too wide and love for sailing, and “messing about in as the Museum’s administrative buildings. preting the process to Museum guests. gested that new volunteers complete Tshores of the Patapsco River, has long too deep for its length—many of the boats,” were also chief reasons. Since After retiring in 2000, John decided to The AFAD program is an on-going the general tour training before attending relied on a fleet of fireboats to protect technical details are included. This atten- retiring in 2000, his love for boats take his love of boats to a new level, in program that gives anyone interested in these program-specific trainings. valuable waterfront property. The largest tion to detail is typical of “sailor-made” brought him to the Museum, where, what he calls, “the pendulum swing boatbuilding the hands-on experience vessel to serve the city was the appropri- models, those constructed by a member Crab Cakes since 2009, he’s volunteered more than from sailing to boatbuilding.” John necessary to take their interest to the ately-named Torrent, which served along of a vessel’s crew who knew it intimately. March 6 & 8, 10am in the VLA 2,000 hours by offering skilled assistance assisted local resident Sidney Dickson next level or to hone a particular skill. to Apprentice for a Day (AFAD) public in building a brand new bugeye, the with fireboats named Cataract, Deluge, The model features not only the five Bay Bounty Tour “We learn just as much from the partici- boatbuilding participants. Katherine May Edwards. and Cascade. monitors (nozzles) mounted on the March 3 & 15, 10am in the VLA pants as they learn from us,” says John, His fascination for boats began in “The first trees were cut in 1980 and the whose enthusiasm and desire to perfect Stationed at various points around the main deck, pilot house, aft deck house, Bay Discovery Tour Minnesota at age five, and continued logs partially assembled, but we both his boatbuilding skills make him a harbor, at least one fireboat could reach and tower, but a grate below the water- March 15 & 20, 10am in the VLA any waterfront location in the city line for the water pump intake, discharge with Chesapeake Bay cruising, off-shore had an occupational handicap––we had favorite around the boatyard. within 10 minutes. Built on the hull of a gates where hoses can be attached, and Oystering Legacy Program sailboat racing, and log canoes. He spent to work for a living,” recalls John. The “There are always repairs to be made to steam tug, Torrent was launched in 1921 other such details. March 13 & 15, 2pm in the VLA two years in the U.S. Navy, one of which project resumed in 2002 and was a boat, so there can’t be much difference was spent on a destroyer primarily sta- completed by 2008. and served until 1956 when she was The model came to the Museum with Volunteer Education between repairing and building anew. tioned in Charleston, South Carolina. replaced by a modern diesel fireboat. several parts missing or separated, and Field Trips “Building a boat is one step at a time: The concept of constructing a useful Professional firemen typically work long Ed Thieler, a volunteer member of the After the Navy, John studied medicine each time you get another board on it is vessel greatly intrigues me—it’s always The field trips will be on a pre-regis- shifts, but then enjoy the reward of long museum’s Model Guild, conserved it for at Temple University in Philadelphia, rewarding,” he adds. It was also at this a pleasure to look at a boat and see her tration, car-pool basis, with entrance stretches of off-duty time, and the situ- exhibit. The Museum is planning a tug where he received his training in obstet- time John acquired a sidekick, his dog come together—if her sheer line is fees for institutions covered by each ation was no different for the Baltimore exhibit to open in spring 2012, where rics and gynecology, and completed his Scout, who accompanies him to the attractive, she’s most likely a good boat.” volunteer. Fire Department’s Marine Division. this model of a specialized tug will be residency. John and his family moved to Museum’s boatshop every day. Want to volunteer or participate in the Carl T. Allison, an engineer on the presented for the first time. December 5, 2011 the Eastern Shore after the completion Once the bugeye was completed, he was AFAD program? Call 410-745-2916 for Torrent in the 1930s and 1940s, used his Historic London Town, Edgewater of his medical training. He remembers ready for something new and began The model was the gift of Mildred T. leisure time to build a model of the boat January 10, 2012 a time when the only buildings on Navy volunteering for the AFAD program. more information. Allison in memory of Calvin F. Allison. he served aboard. Location to be announced. Point were a seafood packing plant and His focus again shifted from building a 11 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 12 education What’s Academy for Lifelong Learning Fresh? Something for everyone in the winter 2012 line-up Seasonal Selections from Education by Esty Collette by Kate Livie he Academy for Lifelong Learning essays describing the core values that (ALL) is offering an abundance guide their daily lives. all for the education department ofT courses this winter. History buffs meant school tours—and lots of Joan Katz will lead the “Memoir can enjoy “History of American Art F‘em! Students from all over Maryland Writing Group” for individuals who Part II,” which will cover American art and beyond flocked to campus to learn wish to learn about putting together from the Civil War through Winslow about watermen and their boats, Bay their memoir either through writ- Homer. Local history will be repre- ecology, the history of lighthouses, ing their story or with less traditional sented by the courses “Talbot County and how a professional picks a crab. alternatives such as art works, quilts History,” and the “History of Log Each of these students were taught or scrapbooks. Scott Friedman, MD, Canoe Racing.” a cardiologist with Chesapeake Bay by the Museum’s committed corps A group of visitors from the Blind Industries and Services of Maryland feel the transom of ALL’s Sam Barnett, Ron Lesher and Don of docents, who have received free the Rosie Parks during a group tour this past October. Good discussions can be counted on Cardiology, will give a talk called Berlin enjoy an after class discussion. training on everything from teaching in the three courses: “The Politics of “When is Coronary Stenting Appro- techniques, to Bay flora and fauna, to Evolution,” “Great Decisions,” and priate?” Opportunities to meet with ALL, to receive a catalog for the winter Chesapeake history and ship con- team of skilled shipwrights. Through This year’s winter/spring 2012 lecture Sam Barnett’s course entitled “Have local authors and tour sites of interest 2012 semester, or to learn about other struction, and more. This fall, those the “Oystering Legacy” tour, students series, “An Abundant and Fruitful You Met Satan Yet?” For those with will also be available. upcoming events, call the Museum docents also learned how to lead a new of all ages learn about the Chesapeake Land: Foodways of the Chesapeake, literary interests, a course on French ALL is a nonprofit, volunteer-run at 410-745-2916 or find us on tour focusing on one of the Museum’s Bay where Rosie sailed, the oysters she Now and Then” begins in January (see authors in translation will be led by organization committed to the Facebook. A full course schedule can most important projects—the Rosie harvested, and the enduring spirit our calendar on page 23), and from Margot Miller. John Miller will enrichment of life through continuing be viewed online at cbmm.org/all. Parks restoration. she carries forward. the historic to the modern, there’s a facilitate the course “I Believe,” in education. For more information about which participants can write and share Offered to adults as well as students, Off campus, educational outreach con- program to “feed your soul.” the “Oystering Legacy” tour follows a tinued with an eight-week, Chesapeake- Taste an original 18th century cock- 400-year relationship with Crassostrea focused afterschool program open to tail, the rum shrub, and learn about virginica—the Eastern oyster. Begin- all Queen Anne’s County 6-8th grade taverns and spirits of the Colonial ning with the Native Americans at students. Held at The Gunston School Chesapeake; hear about how modern first contact, the tour interprets a Bay on the Corsica River, eight students innovational Chesapeake family farms in which John Smith noted “oysters learned about how people adapted to are moving from corn and soybeans to ChesAdventures thick as stones” to the boom-time the Chesapeake, from the time of the vineyards and grass-fed beef; discuss Children ages 4-9 can fill their Saturdays BUGS AND SPIDERS Jellyfish 19th-century oystering “Gold Rush Indians to today. Canoe trips, oyster how eating and cooking sustainably with two hours of fun-filled and challenging January 14 February 18 of the Chesapeake” through hands-on nursery exploration, seining, history can impact the future of Chesapeake hands-on games, arts and crafts, and story- Fun to find, fun to make! Love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are cool activities and exhibit exploration. research and discussions, and walks watermen; and see the history of and beautiful. telling at the Museum’s ChesAdventures Brighten Up Winter Students and adults opened spat cages through the woods kept the students African American Chesapeake cuisine Program (formerly Saturday for Kids). January 21 Wind and learned about the challenges and in contact with today’s Bay as they come alive over an open hearth. All sessions are Chesapeake-themed with Art projects with all things shiny. February 25 future of oystering in the Chesapeake studied the changes and challenges And don’t forget to check out the new space limited. Warm or cold, we’ll look at wind power impacting the Chesapeake over time. winter water birds inside and out. today, and applied their newly-minted education blog, “Beautiful Swimmers,” Pre-registration is required, call Helen Van January 28 historical expertise as they swung a Looking ahead, as the chill keeps all a general education forum, as well as a Fleet at 410-745-4941 to reserve a spot. Wanna make a duck? Morning sessions, 10am–12pm, hammer or wielded a paintbrush at but the hardiest sailors off the water, valuable resource of stories, links, and Visa, Mastercard, and Discover accepted. A Glacier Made the Bay the Rosie Parks restoration site with the Museum has lots going on to information for the curious of minds. Gift certificates available. $12 for members, ages 4–6. Afternoon sessions, February 11 $15 non-members. 1–3pm for ages 7-9. Project Manager Marc Barto and his keep the cabin fever away this winter. Beautifulswimmers.tumblr.com. We’ll make our own gooey version of that ice floe. 13 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 14 feature On Deck with the Captain of the Rosie Parks
By Dick Cooper
t was a cold winter’s day on the decks young, out-of-work farmhand looking when Rosie’s deterioration became too of the skipjack Rosie Parks as she for a winter job when he met Captain much to witness. Idredged for Chesapeake oysters. Orville in Cambridge. “It was a shame they let her go down Suddenly, the long boom accidently “I was walking along the wharf one so,” he says. Cephas has heard about jibed, sweeping Captain Orville Parks morning looking for a job,” Cephas the rebuilding of Rosie Parks now in from the after-deck into the frigid recalls. “About 5 o’clock in the morning, full swing at the Museum. Marc Barto, water. His crew quickly pulled him back Captain Orville come up and asked me project manager overseeing the rebuilding on the deck thinking they might get a if I want a job and I said yes. He said I of the 56-year-old skipjack, has begun respite from the raw weather. got a drudge boat. I said I don’t know the exacting job of replacing and repairing First Mate Theodore Cephas remem- nothing about drudgin’. He said, come her deck beams. bers saying, “Well, we’ll get to go home on, get in the car, and we went down to The centerboard trunk has been rebuilt early today. But Captain Orville, he Wingate. Rosie Parks, she was up on the and her cabin lifted off the deck. Barto went down in the cabin, took them railway, I helped put her overboard. I hopes to save the original cabin as he con- wet clothes off, put on a set of oil skins, was one of the first ones.” stantly looks for ways to save as much of nothing underneath them, and we Sitting on a couch in the living room the boat as possible during the three-year drudged all day long.” of his home, Cephas, still lean and restoration and educational project. Cephas, now 80, of Vienna in Dorchester waterman strong, strokes his slight “I might drive up there and take a look County, the last living member of the beard with a hand worn into hard at her,” Cephas says. (Cephas did come Rosie Parks regular crew, says he worked leather by a life of physical labor as he back to see Rosie at this year’s OysterFest, side-by-side with the legendary Captain thinks back on his days as a Chesapeake see page 22.) Looking back, Cephas Orville from 1956 until 1974. Captain Bay oysterman. says he remembers the Rosie as the Orville’s niece, Mary Parks Harding, “That was hard work,” he says, adding, queen of the oyster fleet. daughter of Bronza Parks, builder of “cold too.” He says he kept up with the the famous skipjack, says Cephas was “He kept a good rig,” he says of Captain Rosie Parks after Captain Orville sold it Orville. “He was one of the best on the “Uncle Orville’s right-hand-man. If the to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Rosie Parks moved, Theodore Cephas Bay. He was the Admiral, Governor Museum in 1975, but he stopped Tawes made him that,” referring to the Rosie, circa the late 1980s during the Museum’s was on board.” Cephas says he was a Traditional Boat Races. checking in on her about six years ago honorific “Admiral of the Chesapeake” 15 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 16 Install living shoreline feature Replace 681 feet of decayed Cephas remembers the call he received from his bulkhead old captain. Captain Orville told Cephas he wanted him with him when he delivered Rosie Parks to her new home. “It was a sad day. When we left he cried just like somebody shot him.”
“Anywhere there’d be oysters, he’d be rights, he always had his eye on the there,” Cephas says. “He would be out prize money, Cephas says. “If he didn’t on the Bay night and day and I never win that race, he could be pretty hard to seen him lost.” get along with.” He says the captain learned a hard lesson But Rosie won most of her races because in the winter of 1957 when Rosie was Captain Orville “kept his boat in first- Restoring Navy Point ice-bound in Cambridge. “I drudged with class shape, he had light sails on her him so many years, we never got froze up and he would outsmart most of them,” but that one time,” Cephas recalls. Cephas says. In the later years of their “He says, ‘Boys, you’ll never catch me in friendship, Cephas recalls when Captain here again.’ He was smart. When we’d Orville wasn’t feeling well, he would n November 14, we broke ground boat shed––a restored wetland providing yet public access to the water is scarce. get ready to freeze up he would leave take the helm. In 1974, Captain Orville on Navy Point to begin replacing natural habitat and filtering runoff while The Museum’s beautiful waterfront and go to Solomons Island.” Cephas had a heart attack and his doctor told theO last and most exposed section of preserving the shoreline’s integrity. campus at Navy Point––its most valuable him it was time to get off the water. (top) Theodore Cephas at this year’s Oyster- remembers the boom days of the late rotted bulkhead along the Museum’s The bulkhead from Honeymoon Bridge physical asset––may be the most recog- Fest standing at the bow of the Rosie Parks. 1950s and early 1960s when oysters Cephas remembers the call he received Miles River shoreline. The original to the Crab Claw restaurant and along nized and most frequently visited place (below) Captain Orville Parks. were plentiful. from his old captain. “He said, ‘I’m wooden bulkhead was installed in 1970, Fogg’s Cove have been replaced. on the Eastern Shore for public access and has far exceeded its expected 25- to the water. “Oh my lord, one year, not sure what going to get rid of her.’ I said, ‘No This final phase of bulkhead work has year lifetime. In its deteriorated state, year it was back in the 60s and we was you’re not.’ He said he was selling her begun at the marine railway, and will The Museum is perhaps the biggest bestowed on distinguished watermen the existing bulkhead releases sediment drudging over off Chesapeake Beach,” to the Museum in St. Michaels.” proceed around the Hooper Strait tourist attraction from the Bay Bridge to over the years. into the harbor with every rainfall and he says. “They didn’t have no limit. Captain Orville told Cephas he wanted Lighthouse, whose deck will be replaced, the Atlantic Ocean and from Wilmington “He knew every trick,” Cephas says. leaves scarring sinkholes in the ground One time we had 350, 400 bushels a him with him when he delivered Rosie and over to Fogg’s Cove near the At Play to Norfolk. This long postponed face- “He’d catch oysters on a state road.” that are hazardous to visitors. day. We would unload twice a day.” Parks to her new home. “It was a sad day. on the Bay exhibit building. lifting of the Museum’s shoreline will Unlike a lot of captains who tended The decayed wooden bulkhead will be be finished before next spring. For more Orville Parks’ crew was loyal to him When we left he cried just like some- To address the remaining deteriorated to stay near their home ports, Orville replaced with modern, more durable information about the project and how because they knew they could make body shot him.” bulkhead, the Museum has secured Parks sailed all over Maryland’s half of vinyl sheathing that has a 40-year lifes- you can help support it, contact René money working for him. They also knew Orville Parks, captain of the Rosie almost $300,000 of Maryland State the Bay hunting for oysters. pan. New amenities also will be added Stevenson at 410-745-4950 or that if they had a bad spell, the Captain Parks—the skipjack named for his funding––about half the total project to the marina for the enjoyment of [email protected]. “At the end of the day, when we wasn’t would do right by them. “Lot of times mother—was ashore at the age of 78. cost––leaving $300,000 of matching our boating members, including a new (top left) An aerial view of campus shows working, he’d be laying down there we didn’t make much, but he would always He had worked the Chesapeake’s waters funds that must be raised. Despite not finger pier and three mooring pilings where the bulkhead will be replaced. Photo in his locker thinking about the next give you something to take home.” since he was a boy. He died less than having all the necessary matching funds adjacent to the At Play on the Bay exhibit provided by Hunter Harris of Aloft Aerial move,” Cephas says. Captain Orville a year after selling the Rosie Parks to already in place, doing this work now Photography. Cephas says that Captain Orville “liked building, and upgraded electric and would steer his boat from her home the Museum in 1975. Cephas says he was necessary to avoid the risk of losing the dollar. He liked money, and he had water service. (right) Ugly sinkholes behind the deterio- port on Cambridge Creek to Wingate, the state grant money. some too. Captain Orville didn’t fool retired from oystering in 1979. Now, at rated bulkhead are hazardous to visitors. Annapolis, Deal Island, Tilghman We’ll also install more living shoreline with nothing that didn’t have money in the age of 80, he is retired from farming Talbot County has over 600 miles of (bottom right) Typical bulkhead piling to Island, Fairlee Creek, and Solomons opposite the restrooms and showers near be replaced. it.” Even when he was racing against and only works one job as a caretaker on shoreline––said to be the most of any Island to find his prey. the boatshop. The Museum already has other skipjack captains for bragging a Dorchester County farm, cutting grass county in the entire United States–– and tending to chickens. installed a living shoreline near the small 17 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 18 on the rail Apprentice For a Day public boatbuilding program
Learn traditional boatbuilding under the direction of a Museum shipwright. You can be part of the whole 17-week process or just sign up for those aspects of building that you want to learn. Must be 16 or older unless accompa- nied by an adult. For the Journeyman’s Special, choose any four days for one reduced price! Members $125, non-members $170. Diversify your experience to include several different skills. Gift certificates available. Call 410-745-2916 for information.
January 7/8 Keel/skeg/transom 14/15 Stem/forefoot/transom 21/22 Box construction, installation 28/29 Lining off plank, cut gar- board, installation February 4/5 Spiling (plank measuring), cutting, installation (clockwise from left) Newly steamed and bent spray rails are seen on Delaware beyond the still hot steambox. Delaware’s new rails are 11/12 Spiling (plank measuring), quickly taken from the steam box and attached to the tug. Shipwrights Don MacLeod, Jenn Kuhn, Mike Gorman and Ken Philips are bending cutting, installation the garboard plank to get the proper amount of twist before the final fitting. 18/19 Interior finish/cut, seal ribs 26/27 Fit and install ribs elaware was hauled from the water the sheer. During the process of remov- onto the frames. Six planks of yellow pine n September, the boatyard crew March on the Museum’s marine railway ing the port side planking in the bow, the were bent and fastened. The 1-5/8-inch worked to replace all of the rope rig- 3/4 Breast hook, quarter knee Din early September 2011. Museum shipwrights discovered more work than thick planks had to be steamed to make gingI on the bugeye Edna E. Lockwood. construction, installation Vessel Maintenance Manager Mike originally thought to be necessary, due to the dramatic twist from amidships to Her sails were lifted for the first time in 10/11 Inwales, gunwales, seat riser Gorman inventoried both the structural the lack of limbering on the frames. rabbet on the stem. The planks will be three years. The centerboard trunk was construction, installation 17/18 Seat constuction and fitting and cosmetic upgrades to be completed Over the years, the standing water in the traditionally faired and caulked, making reinstalled and the davits (which hold 24/25 Centerboard, cap construction in time for launch day, followed by a bow, buried under the stone ballast, had the bottom ready for a good scraping the pushboat) were reattached. program-heavy summer in 2012. Using and a fresh coat of paint. Future stages 31/1 Oars, spars, bilge timber rotted the frame ends, and floors, and No major work on Edna is planned for a combination of historic photos and of the project include replacing interior constuction allowed a seven foot section of keel to the winter. In the spring, the boatyard oral histories given by those who worked deck beams, sheer clamp, and carlins April be compromised. Working from the keel crew will replace the ballast weights, on Delaware, the shipwrights aim to under the engine room cabin. 7/8 Open up, a new section of keelson was fash- which are used to stabilize the vessel Rudder, tiller construction restore her to the authentic appearance 14/15 ioned from white oak, with the pre-cut The house will also have to be jacked as it sails. The previous ballasts, 4,500 21/22 Oarlock, seat knee construction of her heyday. frame sockets fastened and glued using back up to original height as the scarfed pounds of steel, were removed last year, 28/29 Finishes The first item was the removal of the traditional pins and clench nails. carlins being replaced have settled over and will be replaced with heavier and May lower rub/spray rails, which, over the the boat’s 100-year lifespan. With an more lasting lead ballasts. Next up was the fabrication of new 5/6 Finishes years had been cut back on the hull due estimated completion date of late frame ends, made of white oak and 12/13 Finishes to wear. New 2-1/2-inch, square oak February 2012, Delaware will then re- (top left) Assistant Curator for Watercraft Richard Scofield and Vessel Maintenance Manager attached using epoxy and 10-inch ship Hardware installation, rigging Mike Gorman begin hoisting Edna’s jib sail. (bottom left) The old steel ballasts have been 19/20 rails were attached, beginning at the lap scarf. To tie the whole structure ceive new paint and detailing all around. Final preparation and removed and are being replaced with lead ballasts. (top right) Gorman takes the camera up 26/27 cutwater and following the beautifully launch together, 10 new floors were fabricated -by Mike Gorman the mast with him. (right) Edna’s sails are back up after three years. lined planking, three strakes down from and drifted into the keel and then bolted 19 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 20 on the rail ifty-seven members of the Parks family, spanning four generations, Fcame to OysterFest to celebrate the res- toration of the Rosie Parks. Together with Museum staff and donors to the restora- tion project, the family reconnected and shared memories of Rosie’s builder Bronza Parks, and his brother Captain Orville Parks. Some of the tools used to build Rosie were donated to the Museum and local Chesapeake artist Marc Castelli gave sketches of Rosie to family members. (top left, clockwise) Kelly Ena (great-grand- daughter), Sharon Weber (granddaughter), and Karson Ena (great-great-granddaughter) of Captain Orville Parks. Captain Orville with granddaughter Sharon and great-granddaughter Kelly. A group shot of Parks family members, and generous donors to the project, Bill and Maxine Millar, and Ginger Martus and Earl Brannock. (bottom, clockwise from left) Mary Parks Harding, Joyce Parks Wiley, and Theodore Cephus stand with an actual life-size cut-out of Bronza Parks. Pres Harding presents Chief Curator Pete Lesher with Bronza’s broad axe. Lesher addresses a large crowd of people. Family members from Captain Orville’s side stand at Rosie’s transom for a group photo. Hannah and Rosalee Kimbro, Bronza’s great- great-granddaughters, play inside Rosie’s dog- house. Members of the Parks family take home momentos from the restoration project.
(clockwise from top left) Rosie in early August, with a new transom. Rosie in late October, with all new deck beams. The chine log rests underneath the topside planks. The frames work to connect the chine log, the topside planks, the clamp, and the deck beams.
n the last update of the Rosie Parks original shape. Sacrificial strongbacks removal of the kingplank with a forklift. restoration, the boatyard crew had were attached to each new side frame, Shipwright apprentices Bud McIntire justI finished the transom, and the in- acting as a mold, so the crew could and India Gilham-Westerman carefully stallation of the first aft strongback and examine the chine log. In order to located the existing mast partner in knees underneath the boat’s cabin. expose the chine log and create a pattern relation to the mast step, documented Working on several areas of Rosie for a new one, shipwrights first had to their respective positioning and then simultaneously, the crew continued to remove half of the lowest topside plank. removed the mast partner and surround- replace deck beams while replacing half On August 27, Hurricane Irene made ing deck beams. A new mast partner the frames, about every other one. her way up the Atlantic coast and work was then fastened into place. The frames work to connect the chine on Rosie was suspended until the storm Work continues on Rosie throughout log, the topside planks, the clamp, and passed. Thankfully, the only casualty the next two years with updates the deck beams. was the tent over Rosie to protect her regularly posted on our Facebook page, Work continued on framing and estab- from the weather. Six thousand dollars and Chesapeakeboats.blogspot.com. lishing molds in order to retain Rosie’s later, Rosie’s protective cover has been replaced and work continued with the
21 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 22 calendar jan/feb/march Members Nights jan/feb/march friday, january 20 may In Concert: Cemetery Winter/Spring 2012 Lecture Series: thursday, march 1 Frederick Douglass Day Cove String Quartet Plus Saturday, May 5 An Abundant and Fruitful Land: Foodways Connecting People, Place, and Products: 6pm, Van Lennep Auditorium of the Chesapeake, Now and Then Eating Our Way to a Healthier Bay Maritime Model Expo 6pm, $12 members, $15 non-members Take the chill out of a cold Sat. & Sun., May 19 & 20 *Space limited and pre-registration is required for all events. Call 410-745-4941. Van Lennep Auditorium January night and warm up with The Elf Classic Yacht Race an evening of easy listening to Saturday, May 19 thursday, january 12 “We have a chance to eat our way back to healthy oceans.” one of the area’s most sought- -Barton Seaver, author of For Cod and Country: Simple, Delicious, after bands! Sing along to tunes The Cemetery Cove String Quartet played recently at the june Spirits of the Chesapeake: Taverns, Tankards, Museum’s Maritime Monster Mash in October. Sustainable Cooking. and True Stories from 18th Century Maryland from the 30s and before. Light 25th Annual Antique fare served. Free, but space is limited—RSVP by January 18. & Classic Boat Festival $15 members, $18 non-members Join chef and author Barton Seaver, Father’s Day Weekend 6pm, Van Lennep Auditorium Steve Vilnit from DNR’s Commercial friday, february 17 Fri., Sat., Sun., June 15, 16 & 17 Fisheries Outreach and Marketing, “Magic Lantern Story” Rod Cofield, director of interpretation and Carol Bean and Mark Connolly of An Evening with Big Band Night/Fireworks Saturday, June 30 at Historic London Town, will share Pot Pie Farm as they discuss the future Marc Castelli his lively research into the history of of watermen, fishing sustainability in 6pm, Van Lennep Auditorium tippling in the Colonial Chesapeake, the Chesapeake, and how consumers july and how primary documents reflect Chesapeake Folk Festival Rod Cofield can protect the environment and Renowned Chesapeake artist the people, environment, and debauchery community, deliciously. Sample Marc Castelli will share a unique Saturday, July 28 of 18th century life in the Tidewater. some local seafood and share in this slide show of photographs col- august The lecture will be followed by a conversation about caring for the lected while out on the water Barton Seaver Watermen’s Appreciation Day presentation from Joe Dolce, man- Bay through responsible consumption. with watermen in all seasons of Marc Castelli sketches the Rosie Parks before the start of Sunday, August 12 ager of Chestertown’s Imperial Hotel, Copies of Barton’s book will be available for sale and signing. the year. Light fare served. Free, the three-year restoration process. whose talk about the original colonial wednesday, march 14 but space is limited—RSVP by February 15. september “cocktail”, the rum shrub, will be high- 15th Annual Charity lighted with tastings and recipes. Joe Dolce We Are What We Ate: African American wednesday, march 14 “Discomfort” Food Make Your Property More Wildlife-Friendly Boat Auction thursday, february 16 Labor Day Weekend 2:30pm, $10 members, $12 non-members 6pm, Van Lennep Auditorium Saturday, September 1 Farming for the Future: Mitchell House Diversity and Sustainability at Crow Farm Andi Pupke with Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage will discuss backyard wildlife habitat 15th Annual Boating Party 6pm, $8 members, Michael Twitty, community planning and management. The presentation is designed to provide guidance to land- Gala Fundraiser Sunday, September 8 $10 non-members African-American food scholar, owners on small scale projects to enhance the habitat value on their property. Light fare Van Lennep Auditorium will trace the history of African- served. Free, but space is limited—RSVP by March 12. St. Michaels Concours d’Elegance American Chesapeake cuisine Member Nights depend on winter weather conditions. In the event of bad weather, Sunday, September 30 Chesapeake farms today are through his experiences growing, please call the Museum to check if the event has been rescheduled. often hundreds of acres of the preparing, and researching the october “big three”—corn, soybeans, and recipes of enslaved Tidewater Exhibit Explorations - January 24, 10am 30th Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival wheat, but some small farms are Africans. Twitty brings history Michael Twitty talks about food at The final exhibit exploration of winter will feature a talk about Gilbert Byron Fri., Sat., Sun., October 5, 6 & 7 thinking outside the box. Representatives from Crow Farm in Kent to life through open-fire cooking the Chesapeake Folk Festival. and his work by the head of the Gilbert Byron Society, Jacques Baker, in the County, Maryland, will be speaking about their approach towards demonstrations, and involves his Van Lennep Auditorium. This talk is free, and open to volunteers and docents november “staying original” in local agriculture, and how they have built their audience in discussions about heirloom crops and seeds, wild as well as the public. Registration required. OysterFest business on embracing the Bay’s small, family-oriented farming foods, foraging methods, and the cooking techniques that create Saturday, November 3 past while innovating with natural, grass-fed beef and pork, farm- a uniquely African American cultural tradition. Contact Helen Van Fleet at [email protected] by phone to-table events, and a new vineyard and winery. at 410-745-4941 to register. 23 winter 2012 the chesapeake log the chesapeake log winter 2012 24 Theodore & Lottie Aepli Allan & Linda Field The Estate of Helen B. Leinberger Ride Entertainment Systems CBMM Annual Fund Honor Roll Nancy Aldrich William & Ann Fink Thomas & Rollin Leitch Fritz & Mary Riedlin Herbert & Della Andrew Jelles Fonda & Kathryn O’Connell Ted & Pat Lewers Kenneth S. Roberts We’re grateful to supporters whose gifts allow us to continue to preserve and share the stories, traditions, and heritage of Jay & Judy Anglada Tom & Jane Ford Robert J. Lewis Charlie & Carol Robertson Anonymous Clark & Mary French John & Deborah Lindinger Martha B. Roe the people who have lived, worked and played along the Chesapeake Bay for generations, and still do today. Thank you to all Antique & Classic Boat Society, Inc. Edward & Nancy Frey Robert & Marsha Lonergan Bruce & Alice Rogers our generous donors, including those listed below whose Annual Fund gifts were received between July 25 and November 7, CG & Nancy Appleby Jerry & Barbara Friedman Robert Loughhead Adrienne W. Rudge Eric Applegarth & Michele Zacks Andrew H. Friel Donald W. MacLeod William Russell 2011. Your gifts benefit the children and adults served by our educational programs, special events, exhibits and boat restora- Ashby Commons, L.C. Earl & Christina Furman Joel & Debi Maness Michael & Nancy Sandmann tion programs. They also will help us fund the Museum’s extremely critical project of replacing the rotted bulkhead along Navy Richard Awalt Brice & Carol Gamber Gordon & Linda Mansfield Thomas C. Schatz Malcolm Bahrenburg Richard & Trina Gelfond Richard Manzer David & Mary Segermark Point this winter. Thank you for your support! You are our heroes! Glenn & Kimberly Baker James & Gloria Gibson Frank Marshall John Seifarth Bill & Nancy Baker David J. Gierisch David & Kirsten Martin Shady Park, Inc. 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Heckman Dick & Alice Miller Clifford & Carol Stretmater Paul & Jennifer Brooks Martin & Ada Heilman Edward & Suzanne Mitchell Kevin & Rachel Tandy am and Dennis Pitt of Hurlock, Stanley & Katharine Brown Hunt & Joan Hendrickson Paul Moates & Connie Sadler Warren & Mary Tarte MD, are two of the newest mem- Richard & Mary Browne Stephen & Kathleen Hendry Maurice J. Montaldi Richard & Kathleen Taylor P Joan C. Burke Robert & Martha Ann Henneberry James & Debby Morrison Walter & Amy Teesdale bers of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Burr Yacht Sales, Inc. Howard R. Hill, Jr. Tracey F. Munson Peter & Rosemary Therkelsen Museum’s Perpetual Mariner Society Ned & Jennifer Cabot Robert & Susan Hillenbrand Lawrence & Kathy Murphy Stephen & Marie Thomas Nancie Cameron Douglas & Tracey Hodges Erik Neil & Luisa Adelfio Susan B. Thomas which recognizes supporters who have in an enduring way. Barely one-third of Dennis Caprio Donald & Hertha Holland Paul A. Nelson Rosemary E. Thomson included the Museum in their estate the Museum’s operating budget comes Timothy & Patricia Casgar Clifford & Jacqueline Holland Michael & Janis Nesterak Benjamin & Margo Tilghman plans. The Pitts have a special love of from admissions and membership dues. Eric & Carol Chandler Richard & Suzanne Hood Mike & Suzan Newnam August & Nancy Tolzman Manson & Durrie Chisholm Jerry Hook & Jacqueline Smith Elizabeth Ney Scott & Julie Tompkins the Museum’s floating fleet, and one Charitable gifts, including bequests and Choptank Electric Cooperative Porter & Pati Hopkins Rob & Ceci Nobel Russell & Aileen Train vessel in particular, the 1889 nine-log endowments, always will be the main- Larry Clark Francis & Jane Hopkinson David & Joan North Michael & Sandra Twigg Stephen & Linda Clineburg Judge William Horne Douglas & Mildred North Alfred Tyler & Cleo Braver bugeye Edna E. Lockwood which is the stay that sustains the Museum’s perfor- Katherine L. Clovis Donald & Barbara Hoskins Milton G. Nottingham Helen Van Fleet only survivor of more than 600 original mance of its important mission,” says Robert & Viola Clum Joseph & Louise Huber Richard & Caroline Ober Robert & Mary Van Fossan bugeyes that once sailed the Bay. Doug & Debbie Collison Gordon & Elizabeth Hughes Donald & Margaret Ofte Barbara Viniar Museum President Langley Shook. Lee & Karin Cowperthwait Diane Humphrey Carl & Gwendolyn Oppenheim Salvador & Peggy Waller Pam’s father, Reginald D. “Raggy” “In fact, when Pam and Dennis told us Wilbur & Barbara Crutchley Betty T. Hurford Margaret D. Orem John & Maggie Warfield John M. Csady Joseph & Mary Irr Glenn & Elaine Orme Charles & Ann Webb Todd, was Edna’s skipper from 1948 of their plans, this reminded my wife Clyde & Mary Ellen Culp Raymond Jennings John & Wendy Pagenstecher Alan & Judith Werner until the late 1950s, and he was out Karen and me to include the Museum Anne Dahlquist William G. Joerger Arthur & Barbara Patterson Annette T. West Jean DeBell-O’Neal Clark Johnson & Karen Johnson-Amritt Royce A. Peabody Clifton & Joan West sailing aboard Edna the day Pam was in our own estate plans. We’ve taken Carolyn Decker Chris & Holiday Johnson Jerry & Leigh Peek Tom & Donna Whalen born. Though the Pitts have placed no care of that in our wills and we’re proud William Dempsey & Elizabeth McGrory Bruce Jones Joe & Mary Lou Peters Harry & Janet Will (top) Pam and Dennis Pitt (front) treated the restrictions on how their legacy gift to join the Perpetual Mariner Society Jack & Mary Doetzer Eugene & Diane Katz Jerry & Edna Pettit Marianne J. Williams boatyard crew to lunch to celebrate their Bill & Donna Dudley Douglas & Sharon Katz Lee & Electa Phillips William A. Williams may be used by the Museum, they’ve alongside the Pitts. I believe everyone new status as members of the Perpetual T.P. & Judith Dunn Joan K. Katz Christine A. Phillips Katie Willis said they want to make sure Edna and who loves the Museum and wants to Mariner Society. (back row, from left) Mike Gray & Charlotte Ehlig Lawrence & Jeanne Kelly Wesley & Jane Pipes Clement & Mary Louise Wilson Elm Street Development Fred & Marcia Kieser William & Elizabeth Platt David & Crissi Winans other historic vessels in the Museum’s ensure it thrives and fulfills its mission Gorman, Don MacLeod, Richard Scofield, and Langley Shook. Larry & Nancy Englert Charles & Christine Kohls Norma Redelé Wood Realty floating fleet are around for future gen- far into the future should give serious The Eringis Family Jim & Tonia Kulp Miles Reidy & Lane & Barbara Wroth erations to enjoy. (bottom) Karen and Langley Shook. Mary Jane Fairbank Michael L. Laccheo Mary Elizabeth Aichelmann-Reidy Edward & Mary Jane Wyant consideration to this.” Lillian Fairbank William & Robyn Lake Margaret Rennels Mrs. Roslyn D. 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books • jewelry • artwork • model kits clothing • ceramics • toys • ornaments housewares • keepsakes • and more
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Store cbmm.org/store • 410-745-4962