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Number 87 June 2012 The Beam The Beam, the official journal of the New Jersey Lighthouse JUNE’S MEETING LOCATION Society, Inc., is published quarterly, March, June, September and December. Membership dues are $20.00 single and $25.00 The June general membership meeting will be family, and are for the calendar year. Back issues are available free on June 30th at Riverview Beach Park, where for members joining mid-year. All materials are copyrighted and it was last June. The address: Rt. 49, Pennsville cannot be borrowed or reproduced without permission of the New Check the NJLHS website and watch for a Jersey Lighthouse Society. The NJLHS - New Jersey Lighthouse flyer for the exact time and entertainment. Society, Inc., is a non-profit educational corporation (501c3). SEPTEMBER’S MEETING OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS The September general membership meeting President Brett Franks (856) 256-0881 will be on September 22 in the northern 1st VP Anthony Albence (302) 983-3200 part of the state. 2nd VP Rich Veit (609) 652-1876 Treasurer Faith Giamboi (732) 350-9595 Recording Secretary Karen Stumpf-Owen (856) 299-7583 DECEMBER’S MEETING Corresponding Secretary Jayne Swope (856) 468-2561 The December general membership meeting Director Jim Cope (609) 587-6266 will be on December 15th in the Director Doreen Berson (732) 202-7420 Atlantic City area. Director Anthony Albence (302) 983-3200 Director Mary Beth Doherty (973) 978-0129 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Director Carol Winkie (856) 468-6199 Director Karl Fahringer (732) 370-0260 Hello everyone! My name is Lauren Ward and I am the new editor for The Beam. I live in COMMITTEES and I just graduated from Rowan University with Archivist Vacant a degree in writing. I joined the NJLHS recently. Beam Editor Lauren Ward (609) 320-4889 When I heard about the opportunity to become The Community Outreach Chair Anthony Albence (302) 983-3200 Beam editor, I was beyond thrilled. I have always Education Outreach Bob Gleason (732) 238-7066 loved the beach and , and it is an honor Historian Co-Chair Jim & Nancy Cope (609) 587-6266 to be able to put together this wonderful journal for Historian Co-Chair Mike & Judy Boucher (845) 787-4807 everyone to read. At the March general meeting, Hospitality Co-Chair Linda & Bob Gleason (732) 238-7066 Hospitality Co-Chair Carol Naill (215) 657-4559 Brett spoke of the present as a time for revival in the Membership Co-Chair Linda & Bob Gleason (732) 238-7066 society. This is not the first time I have heard him Membership Co-Chair Carol Naill (215) 657-4559 speak of this, and I am happy to have joined this Preservation Chair Brett Franks (856) 256-0881 group during such a time, with new opportunities for Programs Vacant lighthouse preservation on the horizon and a chance Publicity Anthony Albence (302) 983-3200 for a renewal in our shared passion for lighthouses Trips Chairperson Faith Giamboi (732) 350-9595 and their histories. I want to thank the last editor, Ways & Means Carol Winkie (856) 468-6199 Mike Boucher, for his guidance and advice in tak- Webmaster Howie Wright (908) 725-9782 ing over the duties of The Beam. He truly made it a smooth transition and set such a good example for NJLHS Web Site: http://www.njlhs.org me to follow with all of the past issues he had put Trips Email address: [email protected] together. I’d also like to thank everyone in the NJLHS Email address: [email protected] society that I’ve met for warmly welcoming me The BEAM Email address: [email protected] aboard. I have many ideas for future issues of The NJLHS Announcements: (732) 291-4777 Beam, so if you have anything that you’d like to

send in, comment on, read about, or suggest, Society Address: Beam Address: please let me know! NJLHS, Inc. Lauren Ward P. O. Box 332 103 Monticello Drive ADDRESS CHANGE Navesink, NJ 07752-0332 Cinnaminson, NJ 08077 To change your address please go to: http://www.njlhs.org/join/AddrCng.pdf *The photograph on the cover is of East Point Lighthouse download the form and mail to: and was taken by Lauren Ward during the 2010 New Jersey NJLHS, Inc, P.O. Box 332, Navesink, NJ 07752-0332 Lighthouse Challenge.

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“We have been acquiring some pretty fantastic lighthouse and life-saving artifacts and this is our chance to show them off,” says event co-chair Tim Dring, a member of the Museum Collections Committee. “When people realize how much history was made up here—and how directly relevant that history is to their everyday lives—they are blown away.” A very different crowd is expected on September 16th for Double Exposure: The Twin Lights Through the Artist’s Eye, a fine art and photography event showcasing some of the area’s 150 Years on the Hill top creative talent. Double Exposure will be an art show with a From the Twin Lights Historical Society twist. What’s the twist? “The concept is being created with active input from the Twin Lights Marking Sesquicentennial with Free participants,” explains co-chair Stevie Thompson. “We invited Summer Events -- Family Fun, Lifesaving, painters, sculptors, photographers, gallery owners and art Art & Photography Among Themes collectors from the surrounding area to come up with ideas that are as unique and dramatic as the venue itself. Nothing is off (Highlands, NJ — May 15, 2012) When you reach a certain the table—every great idea gets folded into the event.” age, some birthdays are best allowed to go quietly unrecog- nized. Then again, others demand a full-tilt celebration. For the Double Exposure will run from 11:00 to 4:00. Artists will Twin Lights National Historic Site, 2012 is one of those years. It display and discuss their work, which encompasses visual and marks the 150th birthday of the current structure—the nation’s cultural aspects of the Twin Lights, and only connected lighthouse—which was completed atop the surrounding area. Pieces will also be for sale. Navesink Highlands in 1862. Between now and October, four The 150th celebration will conclude on October 20th, with the events (three of which are free to the public) will mark the Twin Making Waves Shipboard Gala, a fundraising event that will Lights sesquicentennial. take friends of the lighthouse for a dinnertime cruise around The schedule kicks off on Sunday, June 24th with Twin Lights the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, and back past the Twin Family Day, an event featuring games, rides, crafts, live music Lights. Information on this event and others can be found at the and pirate performers. In a typical year, between 80,000 and redesigned twinlightslighthouse.com web site. 100,000 people climb the North Tower and visit the Twin “Our 150th events have been created to reach out to four Lights Museum. different groups of people who love the Twin Lights,” explains “What a wonderful resource we have for families with young Mary Jo Kenny, President of the Twin Lights Historical children,” says Twin Lights trustee Claire Reilly-Taylor, who Society. “Over the next few years, the Twin Lights Museum is co-chairing Family Day. “The lighthouse is right in our own will be utterly transformed and this is our chance to let backyard, there’s never an admission charge, and every time you everyone know about it. It’s also an exciting time to become a visit there is something new for children to see and discover.” member of the Society—or to volunteer at the museum or at one of the 150th events.” Twin Lights Family Day will run from 11:00 to 3:00, rain or shine, and is free of charge. The Twin Lights Historical Society Starting in 2013, the Twin Lights Museum will begin a is sponsoring the event, with food provided in association with “reimagining process” spearheaded by curator Margaret local restaurants. Activities will be geared toward children Carlsen. Touchscreens and other interactive technologies 10 and under. will make the new museum more hands-on and kid-friendly, while offering greater access to students and historians On August 5th, connoisseurs of local history will be treated to interested in its papers and artifacts. The Twin Lights On Hallowed Ground: 150 Years of History at the Twin Lights— Museum will also continue to build its collection of an event celebrating the remarkable events that have unfolded important photography and artwork. at the lighthouse. That Sunday afternoon, from 11:00 to 4:00, visitors will get an unprecedented peek inside America’s first “The 150th celebration couldn’t have been better timed,” lifesaving station, participate in a flag raising to commemorate Kenny points out. “It gives everyone who cares about the the famous1893 Pledge of Allegiance ceremony, and learn about state’s culture and history a reason to rediscover the Twin the groundbreaking work in wireless communications, military Lights, and provides us with a platform to talk about the radar and optics that took place at the Twin Lights. On dynamic changes happening here.” Hallowed Ground coincides with the final day of the popular Clam Festival down the hill in Highlands. For more information, contact the Twin Lights Historical Society at 732-291-9900 or the lighthouse at 732-872-1814.

The Beam Page 3 TRIP - 2013 A MESSAGE FROM MEMBERSHIP THE LIGHTHOUSES OF OREGON Carol Naill and Linda Gleason Membership Co-Chairs Mike Boucher We had a good turn out for the annual Photo Contest The New Jersey Lighthouse Society is planning a bus tour meeting held in the Long Beach Island Grade School, 201 to the lighthouses of Oregon next year from June 21 thru South 20th Street in Ship Bottom, NJ. We look forward to June 27, 2013. It will be your responsibility to arrive in seeing all our members, old and new, at the next meeting Portland, Oregon on the 21st. The night of June 21 we will down in Pennsville, NJ. Guests are always welcome to our have a Welcome to Oregon dinner. The bus tour will start General Membership meetings. the next morning Saturday the 22nd. Besides viewing the Meeting Attendees: lighthouses we will enjoy the most magnificent coastline There were 78 members in attendance at our March on the west coast. Our stops will include Crater Lake meeting. Please remember to sign the book - National Park, a jet boat ride on the Rouge River, the We want to make sure there are enough seats for you Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Columbia River at the future meetings! Museum Center, Astoria Column, and the following lighthouses; Battery Point, St. George Reef in California; Membership Numbers: Pelican Bay, Cape Blanco, Coquille River, Cape Arago, At the deadline for this issue, the membership numbers Umpqua River, Heceta Head, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Head, are as follows: Cape Mears, Tillamook Rock, and the Columbia Single Memberships: 149 Lightship in Oregon; and Cape Disappointment and North Family Memberships: 187 x 2 = 374 Head in Washington. Most of these lighthouses will be Total Members = 523 open for climbing. The trip will end back in Portland on June 26 with a going away dinner that night. The price of Gift Memberships: the trip will include; 5-day motor coach, all hotels, meals Not sure what to give that person who has everything? and entrance fees to all the attractions. Your out of pocket How about a membership to NJLHS? You can find an expense will be travel to and from Portland, Oregon. More application on the NJLHS web site and print one out. You info on prices and itinerary will be in the next issue of the can also get one from the Membership Team at the next Beam and on the website. membership meeting. The membership packet will be mailed to the recipient, with a personal note saying that RECIPE CORNER their membership to the Society is a gift from you. Let’s Marty Hudspeth get our numbers up!

Sugar & Spice Cookies New Members: By Bill Geilfuss The following members have joined our Society since the last issue of THE BEAM in December. Please note that ¾ cup shortening if you become a member after the deadline for The Beam, 1 cup sugar you will be listed in the following issue. If you happen to 1 egg meet any of these new members at a future meeting, please ¼ cup molasses welcome them! 2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking soda Duane & Mary Jo Davis Mooresville, IN ¼ tsp. salt Robert Goodwin, Jr. Aberdeen, NJ 1 tsp. cinnamon Maria Gregory Oaklyn, NJ ¾ tsp. cloves ¾ tsp. ginger A FEW WORDS ABOUT LIGHTHOUSES Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix shortening, sugar, egg Sent in by Marty Hudspeth and molasses. Add flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger. The mix will be spongy. Form into “Lighthouses are like grandchildren -- all different but balls the size of walnuts and place about 2 inches apart some more charming than others.” - Anonymous on a greased cookie sheet. Bake 10 to12 minutes.

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JUNE ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE Wacky Wednesdays at the Lighthouse ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE August 1, August 8 & August 15 Annual Golf Tournament 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Friday, June 22, Tee off at 1:30 p.m. Victorian Tea Party, Pirates, Mermaids, Lifesavers, & Sea McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links, Egg Harbor Twp life $10 for kids, $5 for adults 1st Annual Ladies Book Club Luncheon, 1:30 p.m. Library Pub & Grill @ McCullough’s NATIONAL LIGHTHOUSE DAY - AUGUST 7 For more information: Lou Paludi, 609-432-5806 Absecon Lighthouse, 609-449-1360 National Lighthouse Day or http://www.abseconlighthouse.org/ Free Admission! from 9am-2pm For more information, call 609-884-5404 JULY or 800-275-4278.

ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE HEREFORD INLET LIGHTHOUSE “By The Light of The Moon” Celebrate National Lighthouse Day Tuesday, July 3 Ceremony 10AM - 11 AM Absecon Lighthouse will be open for nighttime climbs - Activities all day long - free admission to Lighthouse - last climb at 9:00 pm childrens tent - food - guest historians $10 per person, includes snacks & beverages ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE National Lighthouse Day Lighthouse Full Moon Climb 2 for 1 Climbs Tuesday, July 3 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sponsor: Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park

ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE Wacky Wednesdays at the Lighthouse July 18 and July 25 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Victorian Tea Party, Pirates, Mermaids, Lifesavers, & Sea life $10 for kids, $5 for adults

AUGUST

ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE “By The Light of The Moon” Thursday, August 2 & Friday, August 31 Absecon Lighthouse will be open for nighttime climbs - last climb at 8:00 pm $10 per person, includes snacks & beverages

BARNEGAT LIGHTHOUSE Lighthouse Full Moon Climb Wednesday, August 1 & Friday, August 31 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Sponsor: Friends of Barnegat Lighthouse State Park

The Beam Page 5 NJLHS 2012 PHOTO/ART CONTEST WINNERS

BLACK & WHITE - 1st Place BLACK & WHITE - 3rd Place Howard Wright Anita Norris Nobska Light Aransas Pass BLACK & WHITE - 2nd Place Howard Wright East Chop

COLOR - 3rd Place Tie COLOR - 1st Place COLOR - 2nd Place Karl Fahringer Greg DiNapoli Hugh Murphy Sanibel Island Hereford in the spring Stairs in Currituck

COLOR - Honorable Mention Karl Fahringer COLOR - 3rd Place Tie St. Marks Lighthouse Bill Volpe Currituck Beach

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MASTERS - 2nd Place MASTERS - 3rd Place Kathleen Eustace Mike Boucher MASTERS - 1st Place Tucker’s Island William McKelvey Hamburg Lightship Pemaquid Point

NIGHT TIME - 3rd Place Apryl Roach NIGHT TIME - 1st Place Joan Stumpf Barnegat NIGHT TIME - 2nd Place Carol Winkie Cape May

NEEDLEWORK PAINTING Karl Fahringer - Mildred Plant - Kathy Lanzim Gregory DiNapoli - Margo Murphy

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150 Years on the Hill...... Page 3 2012 Photo/Art Contest Winners...... Page 6-7 A Few Words About Lighthouses...... Page 4 Letter from the Editor...... Page 2 Message from Membership...... Page 4 Recipe Corner...... Page 4 Summer Calendar of Events...... Page 5 Trips 2013 - Lighthouses of Oregon....Page 4

MEETING LOCATIONS TO BE ANNOUNCED IN EACH ISSUE OF THE BEAM AND ON THE WEBSITE www.njlhs.org

DEADLINE FOR THE SEPTEMBER BEAM IS AUGUST 15

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