A “Flip Side” of “Recycled/Repurposed” Lighthouses Article and Photos by Robert J. Rodgers

In the March 2019 issue of The Beam I reported on examples of lighthouses being repurposed as a police station, military retreat house, and bed & breakfast. At our March meeting I suggested that members finding similar new uses for old lighthouses share their stories with our members by way of submissions to The Beam. While on vacation last June in upstate New York & Canada, I thought I would be reporting on another new use – an ice cream shop. But when I researched further, the Prescott Lighthouse (Brockville, Ontario) is a relatively new structure built to memorialize a lighthouse keepers training depot in Brockville that was demolished in 1986, and was actually a new structure built by the local Rotary Club in 1989 – but it does contain the Fresnel Lens from the original lighthouse depot (and great ice cream). Now, as for the “flip side” – we visited the Windmill Point Lighthouse near-by (out of town but also Brockville, Ontario). The structure was built in 1830 – as a windmill – and served as a grist mill to grind grain into flour and food for animals. The location along the St. Lawrence River was also the site of the Battle of the Windmill (November 1838), where an invasion of rebel sympathizers attempted to capture the nearby Fort Wellington. This was one of numerous insurgence acts at different locations after the Patriot War of 1837, while Canada was still under British rule. Then, in 1873, the Department of Marine determined that a lighthouse was needed in that area. So, they purchased the tower (walls 3 feet thick that had survived the cannon fire were deemed strong enough to serve as a lighthouse). They then outfitted it as a lighthouse. It served as such until 1978. While it is more common for lighthouses to be “repurposed” for other uses, here is a rather uncommon “repurposed” structure that became a lighthouse. Suggestion: Please keep your fellow members of the NJLHS informed of your finds of “repurposed” lighthouses – including if you have stayed in one serving as a bed & breakfast.

Prescott LH - Ice Cream Shop Windmill Point LH The Beam, the official journal of the New Jersey Lighthouse Society, DECEMBER 14th MEETING Inc., is published quarterly, March, June, September and December. Membership dues are $20.00 single and $25.00 family, and are for Mastoris Diner-Restaurant the calendar year. Back issues are available free for members joining mid-year. All materials are copyrighted and cannot be Please see page 3 borrowed or reproduced without permission of the New Jersey (& the NJLHS website) Lighthouse Society. The NJLHS - New Jersey Lighthouse Society, Inc., for details, directions, and a map. is a non-profit educational corporation (501c3).

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Page 2 DECEMBER 14th MEMBERS ONLY MEETING/LUNCHEON Mastoris Diner-Restaurant • 10 AM (early arrival/basket setup) • 11 AM to 3 PM 144 US Route 130, Bordentown, NJ 08505 (Intersection of Routes 130 & 206)

This is a Thank You Meeting for NJLHS members. From 195: Many members who attended the September Westbound - Take exit 5B onto Rt 130 South. meeting have already paid the $20 donation for the Mastoris will be about 5 miles down on your reservation. right just before the merge with Rt 206. Eastbound - Take exit 5A onto Rt 130 South. Any members who wish to attend the December Mastoris will be about 5 miles down on your meeting must send an email to to make a right just before the merge with Rt 206 reservation. You must be a paid 2019 member to From NJ TPK: attend. North & Southbound - Take exit 7 and go north on Rt 206, about 1 1/2 miles, merging with Rt 130 After the reservation is made, please send the name North for a short distance keeping to the left. of each member attending with your check of $20 When Rt 130 bears off to the right, keep left on (reservation/donation) for each member/$10 for Rt 206 North and slow down. The entrance to each child 12 & under attending made out to NJLHS Mastoris comes up quickly & will be a few and mail to: hundred feet on your right. From Rt 130: NJLHS Northbound - After merging with Rt 206 in PO Box 332, Navesink, NJ 07752-0332 Bordentown, keep to the left. When Rt 130 North bears off to the right, keep left on Rt 206 At luncheon, we hold a gift basket raffle to benefit North and slow down. The entrance to Mastoris our Preservation Fund. If you want to donate a gift comes up quickly and will be a few hundred basket, please bring it with you by 10:30 AM & email feet on your right. [email protected] so we know how many tables are Southbound - After passing under Rt 195, Mastoris needed for baskets. We also accept gift cards and will be about 5 miles down on your right just scratch-off lottery cards, which can be combined. before the merge with Rt 206. From 295: Because of the cost of the luncheon and the fact that Northbound - Take exit 57 onto Rt 130 North. Follow the Mastoris’ must have an exact count, directions above for Rt 130 Northbound. Payment is due by DECEMBER 7˧˩˨˧˧˦.

Tentative Program Schedule: 10:00 AM Early Arrival: Delivery of baskets; Setup 10:45 AM Arrival – Sign in, Check in with Treasurer, Get 2020 Membership renewal form at Sign-In table 11:15 AM General Membership Meeting (Reports, Elections, Announcements, etc.) 12:15 PM Luncheon 2:00 PM Activities / Baskets / etc. 3:00 PM Departure WWW.NJLHS.ORG

Page 3 A MESSAGE FROM MEMBERSHIP Kathy Lanzim & Faith Giamboi - Membership Co-Chairs New Members: We have 4 new members since the last edition of The Beam.

Debbie Roark Columbus, OH Deborah Oeser Egg Harbor, NJ James & Stephanie Lopes Parlin, NJ Karen Warden Magnolia, NJ

Membership Numbers: We have 102 Single Memberships, 109 Family Memberships (counted as 2 times 109 or 218), 1 Student Membership, and 4 Life Memberships---for a total of 325. We also have 35 Institutional Memberships.

2020 Membership renewal forms will be available at December Luncheon meeting at Mastoris. Please bring payment with you. Forms will be mailed at the end of December if you do not attend.

Gift Memberships: Not sure what to give that person who has everything? NJLHS membership is the perfect gift! Go to www.njlhs.org, print out a gift application, fill it in, and mail it to our address or bring it to the next meeting. NJLHS, Inc. P. O. Box 332 Navesink, NJ 07752-0332

Let’s increase our membership so we can share our love of Lighthouses. Community and Education Outreach have been busy explaining our goals and encouraging people to join. Talk to family and friends to get them involved. The holidays are coming, and the gift of membership is something will not be duplicated. Also, you do not have to wrap it! So get your gift shopping done without a trip to the mall or shipping costs. Remember Individual Membership is still $20. Student Membership under 18 is $10. Family Membership (all at the same address) is $25. COMMUNITY OUTREACH WRAP-UP 2019 Kathy Lanzim, Outreach Coordinator

Another season of outreach has concluded. We were not rained out at any of the events! We attended some old and added some new. The ones we attended for the first time were the South Jersey History Fair in Glendora, the Whitesbog Blueberry Festival in Browns Mills, and the Lighthouse Point Fest at the National Lighthouse Museum in Staten Island. The Spirit of the Jerseys History Fair took place this year at Monmouth Battlefield State Park. Island Beach State Park had both Ocean Fun Days, and the Beach Plum Festival. Others were Point Pleasant Earth Day, the Antiques and Collectibles Faire in Toms River, and the Ocean County Decoy & Baymen’s Festival in Tuckerton. Thank you to everyone who helped…Kathleen Eustace, Mary Marzullo, Carol Winkie, Donna and John Bishop, Faith Giamboi, Ann Solaequi, Loretta Wilkins, Marilyn Dunning, Alan Jacobson, Bob and Linda Gleason, and Lynn Groff. I apologize if I missed anyone.

Community Outreach starts again in the spring. Check out next year’s events. Come join us and meet others who also have a great love of Lighthouses! Page 4 2019 LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE AT FINNS POINT Carol Winkie - President

On October 19 and 20, Finns Point Lighthouse in Pennsville had a total of 1998 visitors, 1904 participated in the Challenge and 94 just visited the lighthouse. We had 79 starters with 60 souvenirs sold. We had 38 in our group of completers with 34 souvenirs. Visitors were from 29 states, Washington, DC and three countries (Columbia, South America; Canada; and United Kingdom).

Volunteers included NJLHS members (Brett Franks and Carol Winkie) and Friends of Supawna Meadows members (Marion and Dave Howarth, Bob Fink, John Wilmot, and Shane Gottshall. Total hours worked was 117.

Below are two pictures from Finns Point. On the left is a Challenge finisher with her completed penny book standing next to the display “First Ten Years of Lighthouse Challenge.” On the right are some Lighthouse Keepers on the Lighthouse Challenge.

2019 NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE RESULT Alan Jacobson National Lighthouse Day was observed at ten New Jersey lighthouses on August 7th or Sunday, August 4th. Site managers and volunteers said that it was a great day.

Thanks to these members who made this event special for all: ABSECON - Loretta Wilkins / BARNEGAT - Faith Giamboi & Ann Solaequi CAPE MAY and SEA GIRT - Kathy Lanzim / HEREFORD INLET - Ann & Bill Volpe FINNS POINT and EAST POINT - Carol Winkie SANDY HOOK - Marilyn Dunning & Alan Jacobson TUCKERTON - June Eichinger & Evan Blake / TWIN LIGHTS - Judy & Mike Boucher

This year’s participation was the best ever. A total of 228 young people earned a Junior Lighthouse Keeper Certificate. The total climbers were 1192. Great job! Congratulations to all. There has been a steady increase in the levels of participation Photograph by since 2016, our first National Lighthouse Day Event. This year, as we have done in Nancy Patterson previous years, the Society is donating $100 to each of the participating lighthouses to support children climbing free.

One adult winner from each lighthouse of a family membership in the Society will be announced in the March Beam.

Page 5 OUR TRIP TO By Alvin Brown

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For many years, Martha and I wanted to visit Block Island to see the two lighthouses on the island. The ideal time to visit would be in late spring or early summer. We mentioned the trip to our traveling partners -- Yvonne, Marty, and Sheila. They agreed it would be a nice trip. Yvonne suggested that we catch a ferry from East Providence to Block Island. We would be able to photograph several lights on our way to the island. We liked this idea, since we had only seen some of the lights from land.

When I checked the ferry schedules, I found that there was no ferry that ran from East Providence to Block Island. However, we could catch a ferry from Newport to East Providence and another ferry from Newport to Block Island. These seasonal ferries did not start operation until June 22.

We started our adventure on June 24. We figured we needed four days for our trip and would need a place to stay. Martha looked into timeshares in the area but found none available. Our grandson, Tyler, a graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, told us to look into renting a house under the “Airbnb” program. He and his friends had used this program and thought it would be good for us. I took his advice and began surfing the Internet for houses in the Newport area. I found a house in Bristol, Rhode Island about 15 miles from Newport that could accommodate the five of us. Shelia was not feeling well and decided not to go. We had planned for five people, so we invited our granddaughter, Hali, to join us.

We left Willingboro early on June 24 and arrived in Bristol, Rhode Island that afternoon. The next morning, we drove down to Newport and took the ferry up the Narragansett Bay to East Providence. On the way we photographed (1) , (2) Hog Island Shoal Light, (3) Nayatt Point Light, (4) Conimicut Light, (5) Pomham Rocks Light, and (6) Prudence Island Light. The round trip only took two hours so we arrived back in Newport early enough to drive to Sakonnet, RI, and photograph the (7) Sakonnet Point Light.

On June 26, we drove down to Newport again and caught a high-speed ferry south for the one-hour trip to Block Island. On our way we passed Castle Hill Light, Beavertail Light, and Point Judith Light. However, the ferry was bouncing and moving so fast we could not steady our cameras to take photographs. Fortunately, we had photographed these lights from land on previous trips.

When on Block Island, we got a taxi to take us to the (8) North Light and then to the (9) Southeast Light. The Southeast Light was having its lantern repaired. During our travel between the two lights, the cab driver gave us an interesting and informative tour of the island. After visiting the two lights, we had lunch at the Tap and Grille Restaurant in the National Hotel on Water Street. We then visited gift shops, had ice cream, and relaxed on the shaded lawn of the hotel until it was time to take the ferry back to Newport.

The next morning, we packed and headed out of Bristol. As we left, we found the (10) Bristol Ferry Light at the base of the Mt. Hope Bridge and stopped to photograph it. This was our last photograph and completed our wonderful adventure to Rhode Island, which included our long desired visit to Block Island. We headed home to Willingboro with lots of memories and lots of photos.

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Page 7 IN THIS ISSUE NJLHS General Membership Meetings 2020 Community Outreach……………….………...….Page 4 Flipside of Recycled/Repurposed LH..……..Page 1 March 28 Lighthouse Challenge at Finns Point….……Page 5 June 27 Message from Membership….…….………….Page 4 September 12 National Lighthouse Day 2019……….….……Page 5 December 12 Nominating Committee………………..……..…Page 2 Our Trip to Rhode Island.….….…..….….…….Page 6-7 Programs/Directions&Map…………………….Page 3 Social Media.….….….………….…….…………..…Page 2

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