1972 FSS Yearbook
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Dedication Shaking heads and irate words mark the difference (in many in- stances) between generations. Much has been said and written by adults about the “rebellious” teenager, and there has been much protest against the older generation from the teenager. However, the Friendship Sloop Society feels it has a unique group of adults and teenagers that recognize each other’s prerogative and live together knowing there is something bigger than any one of us. Each year we greet a membership of grown-ups that loves sailing, likes Friendship, and are “gone” Friendship Sloopers, and enjoy it be- cause they do it with their family. What we tend to overlook is the chil- dren. All you have to do is be in Friendship for a regatta and see the young ones of our town wanting to help and be a part of things, and see the children coming in from boats to do their bit. There is a great satis- faction in having a town boy haunt the wharves waiting for VIDA MIA to come up the bay so he can visit with Timmy Brown, and have the Cronin Children pacing the deck until they get the word to go ashore and see their friends. It is common to see a group of children of all ages working on handicap buoys or putting numbers on flags before they go off to have some fun of their own. From all the children connected to our regatta in any way we know there is great hope for the future of our country when they finally take the task from our hands. Therefore, we dedicate this program to the YOUNGER GENERATION. If you grown-ups are still shaking your heads, read the articles by Peter Armstrong (Friendship summer boy), Margot Riley (Maine native), Cronin Crew (TANNIS), and Bruce White (SARAH MEAD) to be convinced. CREDITS: Art Work — Peter Manos Photos — Bill Danforth, Carlton Simmons and others Cartoon — Donna Weisel Articles by youngsters and others
FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY PRESIDENT William Pendleton (owner of Blackjack) VICE PRESIDENT Frederick S. Brown (owner of Vida Mia) SECRETARY Betty Roberts — Friendship, Maine TREASURER Ernst Wiegleb (owner of Chrissy) ASSISTANT TREASURER Carlton Simmons — Friendship, Maine HISTORIAN Carlton Simmons — Friendship, Maine HONORARY MEMBERS Howard Chapelle, Cyrus Hamlin, William Danforth, John Gould, A. K. Watson, Herald Jones HONORARY PRESIDENT Bernard MacKenzie 1972 COMMITTEES RACE COMMITTEE William Danforth – Chairman Connie Pratt – Elbert Pratt OFFICIAL HANDICAPPER Cyrus Hamlin TOWN COMMITTEE Douglas Lash, Chairman Everyone in Town Willing to Help PROGRAM COMMITTEE Al Roberts – Chairman Charles Weisel – Amos Hamburger William Thissell – Nancy Penniman Peter Manos SCHOLARSHIP FUND William Pendleton OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Carlton Simmons MASSACHUSETTS BAY RACES Bernard MacKenzie – Chairman Lincoln Ridgway – Race Committee Chairman Memories Everyone has favorite summer pastimes. One of mine is to ride around in a boat watching a field of about forty Friendship Sloops on a windy, yet sunny day. I ought to know that the races are a beautiful sight because they began the year I was born and I have been to every one of them. Now you can imagine my disappointment last year when the races were called. I suppose this cancellation gave everyone the opportunity to reflect upon the memories of years past. Memories of the first three years are captured mostly by talking to my parents. It was fun to see Voyager return this year because I understand she was the first sloop to win and I always wanted to see what she looked like. The second year Eastward was the big winner. It was never hard for me to recognize Eastward because of all of her sail. My own recollections begin in 1963. We were in the harbor waiting for Depression, always one of my favorites because the Hahns were neigh- bors of ours on Bremen Long Island. There was a tie for first place and the exciting race between Eastward and Downeaster was a beautiful sight. I remember the vivid sunset with the trees of the islands silhouetted against the sky. I guess I was secretly rooting for the winner because I remem- ber going to her launching at Lash Brothers in the spring and I wanted the boat from Friendship to be the winner. 1964 saw Dirigo, my favorite sloop, win in Class B on Thursday and Friday. My mother was delighted that her favorite, Chrissy placed first on all three days. To this day we often look at the slides and movies we took of these races. It was in 1965 that I remember the races for the children. I could hardly wait until I was old enough to enter the rowboat races and hauling lobster traps looked like fun. This is the first year that our family lived in the harbor for the whole weekend on our lobster boat. What fun we had rowing around the harbor in the evening looking at all of the boats. This was also the year we rescued the Palawan when she broke her moor- ing. The memories continue from here not by year but by the things that happened. I remember watching one race in the fog, if that’s possible. We were anchored in our usual spot off Cranberry Island having a delicious picnic lunch and every so often out of the fog appeared a sloop. I remember standing on the wharf waiting for the boats without motors to come home. On top of the fog there was no wind. Eventually I had to go to bed, but it was so good to hear that all of the boats had been located when I woke up the next day. I also remember the Jolly Buc, all of the children and animals aboard, and when the Coast Guard had to pump water from her. 1 was so disappointed that she couldn’t race that day because she was so beautiful. Another pleasant memory I look forward to is Sazerac across the finish line. At first the boom of her cannon scared me, but then I began to look forward to her finish, and the musical interlude that ac- companied her “Stars and Stripes Forever.” 1970 came along and my brother and I were allowed to enter the children’s events. The lobster trap almost hauled me in, and my oar just wouldn’t cooperate. My little brother was luckier. He won the boys’ rowing race. I was so proud of him, and just a tiny bit jealous. Things change over ten years. Sloops come and go, sloops change color and owners, but all of these things make me want to see the Friend- ship Sloop races even more each year. I guess my dream is to be a member of some crew or even better, maybe we’ll own one some day, and our whole family can be a real part of Friendship Sloop Days. Margot Jane Riley Bremen Long Island and Hallowell, Maine (with Mother’s help)
George Morrill Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Jonah D. Morse Trophy — CHRISSY Past Regatta Winners 1961 Governor’s Trophy — VOYAGER (one race) 1962 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — AMITY Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD 1963 Governor’s Trophy — DOWNEASTER Eda Lawry Trophy — JOLLY BUCCANEER Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD 1964 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD Palawan Trophy — MARGIN 1967 Governor’s Trophy — DIRIGO Eda Lawry Trophy — not awarded, race called for foR Lash Bros. Trophy — not awarded, race called for fog Palawan Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Morrill Trophy — EASTWARD (presented for finishing in fog) Jonah D. Morse Trophy — BLACKJACK 1968 Governor’s Trophy — RIGHTS OF MAN Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY Lash Bros. Trophy — RIGHTS OF MAN Palawan Trophy — HERITAGE Morrill Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Jonah D. Morse Trophy — CHRISSY 1969 Governor’s Trophy — EAGLE Eda Lawry Trophy — EAGLE Lash Bros. Trophy — ECHO Palawan Trophy —CHANNEL FEVER Morrill Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Jonah Morse Trophy — EAGLE Anjacaa Trophy — FRIENDSHIP Seiler Trophy — Chance 1965 Governor’s Trophy — DIRIGO Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY Lash Bros. Trophy — DIRIGO Palawan Trophy — HERITAGE Wonalancet Trophy — HERITAGE 1966 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD Palawan Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER 1970 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — GLADIATOR Lash Bros. Trophy — RIGHTS OF MAN Morrill Trophy — COCKLE Bruno & Stillman — PHOENIX Jonah Morse Trophy — BLACKJACK Anjacaa Trophy — EASTWARD Palawan Trophy — COCKLE Jarvis Newman Trophy — PHOENIX Seiler Trophy — TANNIS Gould Grandfather Trophy — GLADIATOR 1971 All three races cancelled because of fog and lack of wind. Gladiator Trophy — SEPOY Seiler Trophy —VIDA MIA Nickerson Trophy — SARAH MEAD Following is a list of the trophies presented each year and what they are presented for: Governor’s Trophy — to overall winner in Classes A & B Eda Lawry Trophy — to Class A winner of Saturday race Lash Bros. Trophy — to Class B winner of Saturday race Morrill Trophy — to Class C winner of Saturday race Bruno & Stillman Trophy — to Class D winner of Saturday race Jonah Morse Trophy — to Class A overall winner Anjacaa Trophy — to Class B overall winner Palawan Trophy — to Class C overall winner Jarvis Newman — to winning 25′ Pemaquid design Friendship Seiler Trophy — to the friendliest Friendship Gould Grandfather Trophy — to the winning sloop with the youngest crew member. Gladiator Trophy— to the sloop coming the greatest distance Nickerson Trophy — to the sloop with the youngest skipper that actually was in command during the races List of Events FIRST RACE THURSDAY, JULY 27 9:30 A. M. Skippers’ Meeting 12:00 Noon Starting Time of First Race “Gam Night” for Skippers & Sloops SECOND RACE FRIDAY, JULY 28 9:30 A M. Skippers’ Meeting 12:00 Noon Starting Time of Second Race 6:00 P. M. Chicken Barbecue 6:30 P. M. Water Events for Youngsters THIRD RACE SATURDAY, JULY 29 9:00 A. M. Skippers’ Meeting 10:30 A M. Parade of Sloops 12:00 Noon Start of Third Race 12:00 Noon Lobster meal served continually until 6:00 P. M. on hillside facing the Harbor. Snacks and lobster meals served in several places. Information Booth will give full particulars. Open House at Boat Shops and Museum. Please make use of the free “Village Shuttle” to see these points of interest. 1:30-2:30 Field Events for Children at Harborside. 7:30 P. M. Awards Banquet served in the Town Hall by reserva- tion only. (MASSACHUSETTS BAY RACES — Aug. 12 & 13) Corinthian Yacht Club — Marblehead, Mass. CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE PROGRAM WILL BE NOTED AT THE INFORMATION BOOTH AND ON THE WHARVES.
Welcome Most of you know all about Friendship Sloop Days, or you would not be here to participate in what has become a modern day classic. This is our twelfth year. Each year we have played host to more and more sloops, as the fame and appeal of the regatta spreads. The crowds on shore that come to watch are accommodated by several of our local or- ganizations. The information booth will give you all the data you need to have a good time. We’ve provided a speaker system – free parking – a free taxi service – meals, snacks – all the things you need to enjoy yourself. So take advantage of it, visit the Museum, or the boatyards – eat a lobster – have fun. We welcome you to “Sloop Days 1972!” FOLLOW THE RACES ON THE M/V GOOD TIME SATURDAY, JULY 29 Captain Bob Fish List of Friendship Sloops No. & Name Class Built By Length Present Owner 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Voyager Dictator Finette Golden Eagle Content Eastward Tannis Banshee Amity Mary Anne Old Friendly Friendship Easting Vigor Vida Mia Retriever Jolly Biicanct’t’ Chrissy Blackjack A A A A B B B A A B B A B B C B A A A Charles Morse Robert McLain 1915 Wilbur Morse 1915 A. F. Morse 1910 S. M. Ford 1961 James Chadwick 1956 W. S. Carter 1937 Morse Wilbur Morse 1900 Lash Bros. 1958 S. Gannet 1938 Wilbur Morse 1902 C. A. Morse 1920 Morse (Thomaston) 1946 E. L. Stevens 1942 Gannet 1942 McLain 1909 Charles Morse 1912 Wilbur Morse 1900 30′ 31′ 47′ 26′ 25′ 32′ 38′ 30′ 30′ 31′ 24′ 29′ 29′ 30′ 30′ 22′ 30′ 33′ John Kippin Ipswich, Mass. Jarvis Newman Southwest Harbor, Me. Frank Smith Westfield, Conn. William Haskell Marblehead, Mass. Robert Edwards Montclair, N. J. Roger Duncan West Concord. Mass. & East Boothbay, Me. John D. Cronin Sturbridge, Mass. Benjamin Waterworth New Bedford, Mass. James R. Wiggins Brooklin, Me. Dr. Joe Griffin Damariscotta, Me. Donald Hall Amherst, Mass. Robert Cavanaugh Compton, R. I. James R. Pierpont Milford, Conn. Robert K. Emerson Hancock Point, Maine Frederick S. Brown Kittery, Maine John W. Rice Scituate, Mass. Ernst Wiegleb Pleasant Point, Me. William Pendleton Searsport, Me.
Trade Winds Motor Inn DOWNTOWN ROCKLAND, MAINE Overlooking Picturesque Rockland Harbor Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge 72 Modern Units — Telephones — TV — Ceramic Tile Baths Air-Conditioned — Individual Thermo Control Heat Heated Pool — Open Year ‘Round — Telephone (207) 596-6661 Telephone 596-6443 ReotoutcuU EXCELLENT FOOD SERVED IN DELIGHTFUL ATMOSPHERE Your Favorite Cocktails Available From Our Bar friendship 30 $21,999 Ageless beauty Time-tested design SPECIFICATIONS LOA 30’6″, LWL 25′ beam 10′ draft 4’6″ displacement 12,540 Ibs. sail area 860 sq. ft. spars Sitka spruce standing rigging stainless steel power options gasoline or diesel 15.5 to 30 HP. Bruno & Stiiiman Yacht Company, Inc. Carefully researched in every detail,the Friendship 30 carries on a traditional design that follows almost a century of proven performance as a four-season work and pleasure boat. Now, as an authentic replica, it is offered in durable fiberglass with a rich blend of teak and mahogany. The Friendship 30 is intended for the blue water sailor with an eye for weatherly lines and a sturdy rig. Responsive to the lightest breeze, yet stiff and steady in gusty going, she is designed for extended cruising comfort for a family of four or six. ^Friendship Sloops Pag* Marina Sorvico:. Camdnn, Maine Dealer territories available. Florida. Chesapeake Bay, and Great Lakes 10 List of Sloops – 20 thru 39 20. Moses Swann 21. Wilbur Morse B 22. Ellie T 23. Depression Morse 1910 Carlton Simmons 1945 John Thorpe 1961 1899 30′ Joe & Roland Barth Alna, Me. 30′ C. Wilfred Brann Gardiner & Friendship, Me. 26′ John Thorpe Woolwich, Me. 32′ Dr. Myron Hahn Friendship, Me. & Boston, Mass. 24. Ancient Mariner A 25. Sea Duck Wilbur Morse Morse Boatyard (ketch rig) 25′ H. C. Vibber Waterford, Conn. Laurence Bershad Marblehead, Mass. 26. Virginia M 27. Red Coat 28. Bounty 29. Susan 30. Kidnapped 31. White Eagle 32. Nomad A A Wilbur Morse 1910 Bob McKean Sid Carter Gannett Wilbur Morse 1902 Wilbur Morse Wilbur Morse 1906 28′ Jaxon Vibber Waterford, Conn. 28′ Eric W. Osborn Bristol, R. I. 22′ Dr. Roy Gumpel Rye, N. Y. N. Bradf9rd Mack South Miami, Fla. Restored 41′ 28′ 33′ L. Hazard Knowles Warwick, R. I. 33. Smuggler 34. Pal-O-Mine B B Philip Nichols 1942 Gannet 1947 28′ 27. Arthur A. Krause Chester, Conn. James B. L. Lane Winchester, Mass. 35. Mary C 36. MarGin 37. Chance 38. Eleazar 39. Downeaster B B N. D. Clapp (Marconi rig) Wilbur Morse 1916 W. S. Carter 1938 Lash Bros. 1963 38′ 30′ Nathaniel Clapp Prides Crossing, Mass. Wm. Blodgett Waldoboro, Me. Dr. Thomas Files Ellsworth, Me. Capt. David Smith No. Bergen, N. J. Virginia Grew Dover, Mass. 11
Scholarships The Beatrice Pendleton Memorial Scholarship Fund, better known as the Sloop Society Scholarship Fund has been active for five years. First proposed by our present President Bill Pendleton, the other skippers quickly picked up the idea and we were in business. Each year we receive applications from Medomak Valley High School students (residents of Friendship) who need help to further their educa- tions. Some years we give help to two or three students, and some years to just one, depending on the applications and the need. These scholar- ships are outright gifts to deserving applicants. We have come up with many novel and profitable ideas to raise the money necessary to fund this project — gift shop items, balloons, peanuts, ice, pins and various other ideas have all been successful, and helped swell our coffers. Generous donations from members and other interested persons have been a prime source of income. The proceeds from each year’s efforts are divided in two parts. The working fund is used to help a student or students and the endowment fund is set aside for the future. Not until it has reached a total of $10,000 will we start to use the interest it accrues. We are already more than halfway to that goal. So when you’re stocking up with ice or buying buttons, or whatever — remember where your money is going — it will be appreciated. Compliments BROWNELL & CO., INC. Potwarp and Heading Twine Distributed Through Manset Marine Supply Co. 12 List of Sloops – 40 thru 59 40. Comesin 41. Snafu 42. Pam 43. Gypsy 44. Sazerac 45. Flying Jib 46. Dirigo 47. Galatea 48. Channel Fever 49. Surprise 50. Heritage 51. 52. Rights of Man 53. Eagle 54. Echo 55. Right Bower B A B Ervin Jones 1962 Caiiton Simmons J. P. Hennings 1963 Judson Crouse Wilbur Morse 1913 W. S. Carter 1936 Lash Bros. 1964 McKie Roth 1964 F. A. Provener 1939 Philip Nichols 1964 Elmer Collemer Murray Peterson 1962 W. A. Morse Lash Bros. 1965 Wilbur Morse 1915 Lee Boat Shop Rockland 1965 32′ Carlton Wilder Jacksonville, Fla. 35′ Alfred Gastonguay Beverly, Mass. 26′ 32′ 30′ Kenneth Billings Manchester, Mass. 23′ Robert Lash Orland, Maine 35′ George B. Morrill, Jr. Portland, Maine 30′ Newton Hinckley Wayland, Mass. 30′ Ernest Sprowl Searsmont, Maine 30′ John Kapelowitz Mt. View, Calif. 33′ Gordon Winslow Southport, Me. 33′ 29′ W. K. Hadlock South Freeport, Me. Robert Morrison Metuchen, N. J. Philip Cronin Cambridge, Mass. 31′ Donald Huston Nahant, Mass. 22′ William Thon Port Clyde, Me. 56. locaste 57. Old Baldy 58. Departure 59. Sarah Mead 1912 J. S. Rockefeller 1965 Newbert & Wallace 1965 33′ Charles B. Currier, Jr. Silver Spring, Md. 25′ Louise Millar Allison Park, Pa. 15′ Franklin Perkins, Jr. Lancaster, Mass. 30′ Dr. Henry O. White Camden, Maine 13
ROCKLAND’S NEWEST” CHUCK WAGON RESTAURANT MAIN STREET – ROCKLAND OPPOSITE PUBLIC LANDING GIANT CHARCOAL PIT WESTERN STEER IN WESTERN ATMOSPHERE COCKTAILS SERVED DAMARISCOTTA APPLIANCE & OUTBOARD CO. and CHASSE’S MARINA Sales and Service Since 1941 JOHNSON Outboard Motors OMC Stern Drives trailers OLD TOWN BOATS CANOES MARINE SUPPLIES SALES RENTALS STORAGE Lower Elm Street Telephone 563-3456 Damariscotta, Maine 14 List of Sloops – 60 thru 79 60. Old Salt A 61. Windward B 62. Columbia C 63. Kochab B 64. Amicitia B 65. Gallant Lady A 66. Venture A 67. Hieronymus B 68. Lucy Anne B 69. Coast O Maine B 70. Margaret Motte 71. Gladiator A 72. Temptress 73. Dauphine 74. Patience B 75. Omaha 76. Packet C 77. Beagle 78. Emmie B B 79. Nimbus Rob McLain & Son 1902 J. S. Rockefeller 1966 Lester Chadbourne Speers 1953 Lash Bros. 1965 Morse 1907 Morse 1912 Ralph Stanley 1962 James Hall 1967 Vernell Smith 1966 Morse Boatyard 1967 McLain Philip Nichols 1934 Pamet Harbor Camden, 1951 Malcolm Brewer 1965 Morse 1901 C. Morse 1925 C. A. Morse 1905 Reginald Wilcox 1958 32′ Leon Knorr Rowayton, Conn. 25′ Irving E. Bracy, Jr. Tenants Harbor, Me. 23′ Fran & Lee Greene Tonawanda, N. Y. 28′ Ted Charles City Island, N. Y. 33′ Emerson Stone Greenwich, Conn. 33′ Anthony Menkel, Jr. Birmingham, Mich. 27′ John Porteous Prouts Neck, Me. 33′ Albert Neilson Avondale, Pa. 25′ James H. Hall Rowley, Mass. 30′ John Rutledge Westwood, Mass. 30′ Michael Grove Milford, Conn. 32′ William Zuber, Brielle, N. J. Stuart Hancock Manasquan, N. J. 33′ Sea Scout Ship “Admiral Dunn” Westerly, R. I. 26′ Philip C. Morse, Jr. Naples, Fla. 30′ Philip Peterson Worcester, Mass. 35′ C. F. Hansel, Jr. Cranford, N. J. 26′ Tom Denney Easton, Mass. 28′ Mrs. John Glenn Centre Island, N. Y. 37′ Reginald Wilcox Boothbay Harbor, Me. 32′ Fred Swigart New Orleans, La.
List of Sloops – 😯 thru 103 THIS HALF-PAGE CONTRIBUTED BY WOOLSEY PAINT COMPANY MANSET MARINE SUPPLY COMPANY Roland A. Genthner, Inc. Cities Service Distributor : WALDOBORO STATION – – – OPEN 24 HOURS 80. Sepoy 81. Regardless 82. Morning Star 83. Perseverance 84. Philia 85. Tern 86. Allegiance 87. Eagle 88. Apogee 89. Avoir 90. Salatia 91. Phoenix 92. Victory 93. Anna R. 94. Diana 95. Westwind 96. Voyager II 97. Gay Gamble 98. Down East 99. Buccaneer 100. Morning Watch 101. Inverary 102. Agustus 103. Solaster F. Buck & E. L. Adams 1941 Fred Dion 1963 A. Morse 1912 (ketch rig) C Bruno & Stillman 1969 Kennebec Yacht Inc. 1969 B J. D. Maxwell 1969 Albert M. Harding 1970 McKie Roth, Jr. 1969 C Bruno & Stillman 1969 McKie Roth, Jr. 1970 D Jarvis Newman 1969 D Bruno & Stillman 1970 James S. Rockefeller 1970 Kenneth Rich 1970 D Jarvis Newman & James Rockefeller 1970 A Morse B Lash Bros. 1965 D Bruno & Stillman 1970 A Wilbur Morse 1890 Backman’s Boatyard 1970 D Bruno & Stillman 1970 Tim Bliss D Jarvis Newman 1970 35′ Robert Fairbanks Riverside, Conn. 38′ Wm. Williams Swansea, Mass. 28′ Ronald J. Ackman Oyster Bay, N. Y. 30′ John Lasuer Jr. Hampton, N. H. 22′ Bruce Myers Yarmouth, Me. 21′ Jeremy D. Maxwell Spruce Head, Maine 24′ Albert M. Harding Kennebunkport, Maine 22′ Henry S. Goodwin Avon, Conn. 30′ Mrs. A. Marshall Smith Somerset, N. J. 22′ Julia & Bertha Chittenden Edgartown, Mass. 25′ Mrs. Mattern Southwest Harbor, Me. 30′ Alfred E. Beck Exeter, N. H. 25′ 25′ Kenneth Rich New London, N. H. 25′ Ebenezar Gay Hingham, Mass. 40′ Frank & Marcelle Savoy Beverly, Mass. 32′ Bernard MacKenzie Scituate, Mass. Francis P. Hardy Nashua, N. H. 30′ Edward Dodd St. Clair, Mich. 27′ Eugene Tirocchi Johnston, R. I. 26′ Donald Starr Boston, Mass. 30′ Norman MacNeil W. Newton, Mass. 37′ Tim Bliss Coconut Grove, Fla. 25′ Dr. Curtis Ruff Butler, Pa. 16 17
FRIENDSHIP SLOOPS PETERSON COASTER SLOOPS LOBSTERBOAT CRUISERS CUSTOM POWERBOATS AND AUXILIARIES OF CHARACTER Bald Mountain Boat Works E. S. BOHNDELL and SON Sails and Rigging ROUTE 1 ROCKPORT Telephone 236-3549 BACK RIVER BOATYARD FRIENDSHIP Telephone 832-5517 Winter Storage – Inside or Out 18 List of Sloops – 104 thru 130 104. Cockle C 105. At Last D 106. Hold Tight D 107. Magi D 108. Loon A 109. Petrel 110. Amistad 111. Amos Swan A 112. Secret 113. Yankee Pride D 114. Solaster D 115. Kittiwake D 116. Tinqua D 117. Leading Light D 118. Wenona H. D 119. Valhalla D 120. Reserved 121. Island Trader 122. Ray of Hope 123. Maria 124. Callipygous D 125. Jacataqua 126. Whim 127. 128. Schoodic 129. Gisela R 130. Narwhal Listings in Italics are member Gone but not forgotten. Elmer Collemer 1950 Bruno & Stillman 1969 Jarvis Newman 1970 Passamaquoddy 1970 Newbert & Wallace G. Cooper 1933 Robert White 1971 W. A. Morse Phil Nichols 1971 Bruno £ Stillman 1971 Bruno £ Stillman 1971 Bruno & Stillman 1971 Bruno £ Stillman 1971 Bruno £ Stillman 1971 Bruno £ Stillman 1971 Bruno £ Stillman 1971 Elmer Collemer 1960 Francis Nash & Ed Coffin, 1971 Charles Burnham Bruno &. Stillman 1971 Al Paquette 1969 Chester Spear 1939 1890s Collemer & Lanning 1972 A. P. Schafer 1969 28′ 30′ 25′ 22′ 35′ 31′ 25′ 26′ 27′ 30′ 30′ 30′ 30′ 30′ 30′ 30′ 27′ 25′ 23′ 30′ 25′ 20′ 28′ 31′ 25′ Widgery Thomas, Jr. Portland, Maine Dr. Thomas Risley Beverly, Mass. John Cassidy Bangor, Maine Bill Johnston Southwest Harbor, Me. Hugh£ Ruth Jacobs Darien, Conn. Earl White Spencerport, N.Y. Robert White League City, Texas Bar Harbor, Me. Philip Nichols Round Pond, Maine James Craig Sea Bright, N. J. Mrs. John Chadwick Old Lyme, Conn. George D. Jackson Quincy, Mass. Warren A. Locke Milton, Mass. George Shaw Durham, N. H. Richard Sonderegger Marquette, Mich. Paul D. Wolfe Pittsburgh, Pa. Robert Mosher San Diego. Calif. Ed Coffin Owls Head, Maine Charkes Burnham South Essex, Mass. James Gibson York Harbor, Me. Edward Lewis Falmouth, Mass. Wm. A. Flanders Abington, Mass. Jonathan Smith Concord, Mass. Bruce Lanning Camden & Winter Harbor, Me. Andrew P. Schafer Rosedale, L. I., N. Y, Jarvis Newman 1972 boats that do not exist any 25′ more Dr. Francis Rosenbaum Whitefish Bay, Wis. 19
MAINE COAST SEAFOOD CORP. A division of DEAD RIVER COMPANY, BANGOR, MAINE 22 The Maine Lobster What the experts know about the lobster would fill several good-sized books — what they don’t know might fill volumes. The Maine Lobster — or to be precise, the American Lobster, Homarus americanus — is as fascinating to study as he is to contemplate as the main course of any banquet. The lobster has an intriguing life history. Lobsters mate shortly after the female has molted — a shedding of the old shell which all lobsters perform periodically. Sperm cells are held in the seminal receptacles of the female until the eggs are extruded from the ovaries where they have been maturing from the previous year. When the eggs are finally extruded, the sperm is released and fertilization occurs. A sticky secretion cements the eggs to the female lobster’s swimmerets — small abdominal appendages — where they remain for another ten to twelve months before hatching during the summer. Thus, the time from mating to hatching of the eggs is generally eighteen months to two years. The number of eggs varies with the size of females, ranging from a few thousand to nearly one hundred thousand! When an egg finally hatches, a small larva emerges and drifts about in the sea for several days before molting into a more complex larva. After a period of possibly several more weeks and two more molts, the larva changes to a form that looks like a tiny lobster, perhaps a third of an inch long. Young lobsters live at or near the surface of the water to the fourth molt stage, when they then become bottom living creatures for the rest of their lives. This early planktonic life — living near the surface — may be an important means of distributing tiny lobsters over a wide area; once on the bottom, lobsters appear to move about very little. Growth rates among individual lobsters vary up to one hundred percent during the first two years. With juveniles and young adults, growth appears to be about 14 percent in length and approximately 50 percent in weight with each molt under optimum temperature conditions. 23
The frequency of molting among juveniles and young adults appears to be directly related to seawater temperature and available food. Molting generally occurs less frequently than once a year about approximately five inches carapace — the large body shell measured from the eye socket to the back of the shell. The size of females at maturity varies from about seven to twelve inches overall length. The lobster in Maine is a carefully protected resource and the fishery is regulated by statute under the jurisdiction of the Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries. There is evidence that Maine lobster, along with oysters and clams, was a favorite dish of coastal Indians (who, it is said, sometimes fashioned pipes out of the large crusher claw in which to smoke tobacco). The first written accounts mentioning Maine lobster were left by the early French and English explorers. Among the earliest of these is a record left by Captain Martin Pring who, following a voyage along the Maine and Massachusetts coasts in 1603, made an inventory of the riches to be harvested from the sea in this part of the New World. …._……. ,-^.j. In the palm of her hand are the beginnings of two delicious Maine lobster dinners. Shown here is one of the early larval stages of the lobster. Wrote Pring: ” . . . and as the land is full of God’s great blessings, so is the sea replenished with great abundance of excellent fish, of cod sufficient to laden many ships, which we found upon the coast in the month of June, seals to make oil withal, mullets, turbots, mackerel, herring, crabs, lob- sters . . .” Were he writing today, Captain Pring would have to revise the order of his list and place Maine lobster at the head as the most significant and valuable species, instead of the unglamorous cod; for the lobster fishery has developed into the economic backbone of the entire fishing industry with a value to the fishermen of more than half the total paid annually for the entire catch of fish and shellfish. Over the years lobster production has remained close to twenty million pounds annually with a value to the fishermen of from $12 to $16 million and of $50 to $60 million to the state. 24 Today, in Maine, the catching of lobsters is restricted to the use of traps or pots. The traps are hauled, usually once a day or less often depending on the weather and other variables, the catch removed, measured and checked according to law, and then the traps are set again to await another catch. It takes about five to six years for a lobster to reach legal size, follow- ing nature’s course. A long time to wait for a meal, you may say, but ap- parently the end result is well worth the wait if the ever-burgeoning de- mand for this tasty morsel is any true indication. Current work being accomplished in the field of lobster culture holds out a promise that one day it may be possible to “farm” lobsters in giant hatcheries, perhaps in half the time it now takes nature to do the job. Specially heated water, controlled temperatures, feeding and environmental conditions, and selective breeding may help to produce strains of fast grow- ing lobsters. But much research and hard work remains to be done before all the problems involved in lobster farming are solved and before large quantities of edible, market size quality lobsters can be artifically pro- duced at less cost than market value. Maine lobster is tantalizing in more ways than one. Many mysteries surrounding Homarus americanus remain yet to be solved. For example, no one knows exactly what age a lobster may reach — 15, 30, 100 years? No one knows exactly how large a lobster may grow, although one au- thoritative record book lists the largest known lobster to be a 42-pound monster taken in deep waters off Massachusetts in 1934. This specimen is on display in the Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts. The same source states that less reliable weights of up to 60 pounds have been reported. Another reference authority describes the largest species of lobster as being Homarus americanus — our famed Maine Lob- ster — which reaches a weight of 40 pounds and a length of almost three feet. No one knows exactly how far a lobster may travel, should he ever get wanderlust. No one knows exactly what color a lobster may be. Most are a shade of dark green, but multi-colored, albino and even blue lobsters have been found. No one knows exactly — and that just about sums it up — no one knows exactly everything about the lobster. One thing, however, is known positively — Maine lobster is magnifi- cent when prepared the Maine way, cooked to just the right tender moment and served piping hot with all the fixin’s. 25
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Hodgdon Brothers Division of Tillotson Corporation Fine Yacht Builders ESTABLISHED IN 1824 EAST BOOTHBAY, MAINE 04544 TELEPHONE 207—633-3612 Think . . . McLoon Lobster Co*, Inc. ROCKLAND When You Wont Lobsters LOBSTERS SHIPPED ANYWHERE (207) 594-5512 ‘Happy Friendship” 28 Limericks About Friendship The contest to find the best limerick about Friendship may or may not have been a howling success — depending on how you look upon lime- ricks. Not too many were submitted (and some offerings were good-enough rhymes but not in limerick form!) and in the little notes that came with some of the contributions there was good evidence that the would-be win- ners found the chore more difficult than they expected. “It ain’t easy!” wrote one. And, it ain’t. Possibly the best limerick, because it is a blueprint for limericks, was written long ago by that great master of all the best poetry, Anonymous. Mr. Anonymous wrote: Well, it’s partly the shape of the thing That gives the old limerick wing: These accordion pleats Full of airy conceits Take it up like a kite on a string. Gellett Burgess, almost as good as Anonymous in some fields, phrases the problem this way: I seen a dunce of a poet once, a-writin’ a little book; And he says to me with a smile, says he, “Here’s a pome — d’you want to look?” And I threw me eye at the pome; say I, “What’s the use o’ this here rot?” “It’s a double sestine,” says he, lookin’ mean, “and they’re hard as the deuce, that’s what!” Probably those who tried to rhyme Friendship deserve special prizes for effort; one even made a handy distinction ‘twixt Friendship and friendship. The original call for the contest was for a limerick ABOUT Friendship, there was no requirement that Friendship be rhymed. (John Kendrick Bangs said that Shakespeare was great enough to rhyme LADIES with BICYCLE if he cared to, but few of us, I think, can rhyme Friendship with anything much.) The judgment in this contest was not local, and nobody connected with the Sloop Society had anything to do with it. The editors of Yankee Magazine, in Dublin, New Hampshire, agreed to pick a winner, and did. In doing so, they offered no comments, but simply marked “No. 1.” There is, as promised, one prize. That prize needs a small comment. For a short time (before the Yankee editors picked their winner) we thought we had a good joke going. William K. Alsop is a retired Philadelphia lawyer who, until 1961, was general counsel for the eastern territory of Sears, Roebuck and Company. His amusement has been to write limericks, and his publisher calls him “the most prolific limerick writer since Edward Lear.” Published in 1969, 29
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fc. eU FOR A LONG LASTING FRIENDSHIP TRY MAINE Tannis Written by Her Crew “FOR A’SHORE THING7 IN COASTAL MAINE” REAL ESTATE TRY C. R. deROCHEMONT, Realtor 106 PLEASANT ST., ROCKLAND, MAINE (207) 594-8124 04841 AND YOU’LL MEET ALL THE BEST NAMES ‘ ‘M IS FAMILY FUN ! Johnson sea-horse FALLER’S MARINE & SPORT SHOP PARK & PAYNE Telephone 594-7300 ROCKLAND, MAINE 34 I Welcome aboard the TANNIS! W. S. Carter built all 38 feet of me (guess I am rather large for a Friendship) in Friendship, Maine, in 1937, and I really look forward to these homecomings. Let me introduce my crew, the Cronins, from Sturbridge, Massachusetts. First of all, this is John, Jr., age 17, my helmsman (keeps me on course even though I don’t always agree with his destinations); Shelley, age 15, my expert at sail trimming (how she loves to push this old tub); Cindy, age 14, who handles everything aloft (even shinnies up to the TOP of the top mast); Tom, age 13, who supervises the depth-finder (Man! he can smell shallow water a mile away!); Billy, age 5, a born sailor who loves the sea and sailing; Caroline, age 4, who has been aboard since she was ten days old; Jeff, age 2, (a miniature tornado on board); Wayne, age 1, too young yet to serve in any capacity except as alarm clock; and last, but not least, Captain Ely and his wife Mary, otherwise known as Mom and Dad (they refuse to give their ages). They handle the few minor jobs that are left after my well-organized crew gets under way. So as you can see, before we even LEA VE our homeport we have chaos! No other Friendship in the Regatta is expected to carry so many spare diapers, bottles, baby food, milk, peanuts, games, toys, coloring books, crayons that melt in the sun and stain my white cockpit, pop records that make my poor timbers shiver, and the million and one other things that make living on board for most of the summer a pleasure for a family of ten. Not to mention the things required to keep me going! Last year after we found our way home from Friendship in all the fog we made our plans for returning this year. All winter long, my family worked on me, sanding, repairing, caulking, painting — checking all the little and big things that keep me floating. They keep me in pretty good shape, I must admit! But I have them fooled — I have a small leak — and like all other Friendships, I have a stubborn streak and I refuse to let them find that leak! Knowing that leak is there, you know, keeps my crew on its toes! Day starts early on board, at daybreak or earlier, with Wayne’s demand- ing a bottle. Jeff is already up and getting into as much mischief as possible before anyone else gets up (such as removing labels from our canned food locker — which makes some of our meals a complete surprise). The whole crew is anxious to get underway today (and so am I) for today we will sail into Friendship for the annual homecoming. Even the teenagers will get up early today, because they are anxious to get going and renew acquaintances they made in previous years. The smell of bacon frying and coffee perking will get even the laziest crew member out of his 35
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hours. The vessels under study are of catamaran or possibly hydrofoil design and would carry passenger and light freight. “Systems Analysis” is a method of rationally describing very complex systems, such as fishing operations, and examining in orderly fashion the effects of varying various parts of the system, in order to achieve a desired end. Competition in the fishing industry being what it is today, the National Marine Fisheries Service of Gloucester, Massachusetts, commissioned ORC to do a design study for an optimum fishing vessel for the Boston- Georges Bank ground fishery. The study, the first of its kind on this side of the Atlantic, was the subject of a paper authored by Cy Hamlin and presented at the Conference on Automation and Mechanization in the Fishing industry held in Montreal, Canada. ORC participated in a study for Standard Oil of New Jersey into the causes and cures of tanker strandings, and prepared testimony for the Coastal Resource Action Committee (advice on ship handling character- istics) during the April 1971 Environmental Improvement Commission hearings on Maine Clean Fuels bid for a Sears Island oil refinery. Past projects have included the installation of Cobalt-60 irradiators (for the purpose of pasteurizing fish immediately after they are caught) aboard three research vessels, the first such installations anywhere in the world. When one’s work is as interesting and as varied as this, one wonders what is considered exceptional? Cy Hamlin calls his design of the 75′ Hudson River Sloop “Clearwater” for the anti-pollution group headed by folk singer, Pete Seeger, a “one-in-a-lifetime” job. In his spare time, Cy Hamlin keeps busy with activities that run the gamut from civic to marine. He is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the Marine Technological Society, the Amateur Yacht Research Society, and the Maine Natural Resources Council. He co-founded the Maine Boat Builders and Repairers Association, is a director of the Atlantic Fisheries Technological Conference, and has chaired the Kennebunk Planning Board. He serves as a trustee for the Maine Mari- time Academy and was a 1970 candidate for the Maine House of Rep- resentatives. Cy organized and keynoted the 1966 Maine Marine Resources Forum, and was a delegate to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations “Technological Conference on Fish Finding, Purse Seining, and Aimed Trawling” held in Reykjavik, Iceland, May 1970. Throughout his career, Cy Hamlin has brought pleasure and success to others through his designs and innovative ideas. : He modestly sees nothing unusual nor out- standing in his remarkable career as he casual ly remarks, “It’d be boring if it were all the same.” The Friendship Sloop Society is proud to have him as an honorary member and for- tunate to receive his unselfish annual service as our Official Handicapper. : how the Friendship Sloops race Friendship Sloop racing waters. A course of 12 miles might be from the starting line to buoy A, then to buoy B, and then to buoy C. From buoy C each Sloop must run down Handicap Alley 1 until she finds her own buoy. She must pick it up and return to round buoy C again and then continue to the finish line. Handicap Alley 2 could be used alternatively.
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Everybody including the men who go on our trawlers that bring in the fish from the sea to be processed in this most modern plant enjoy watching the sloop races and wish the FRIENDSHIP SLOOP DAYS Every Success. M/V Ocean M/V Surf M/V Crest M/V Tide M/V Wave M/V Storm National Sea Products, Inc ROCKLAND MAINE CONGRATULATIONS to the home of the FRIENDSHIP SLOOP MAINE NATIONAL BANK PROCK MARINE CO. 7 MARINE DRILLING, DREDGING & DOCK WORK ANY TIME OF YEAR MAIN STREET, ROCKLAND – PHONE 594-5609 WALDOBORO – PHONE 832-4652 44 The William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Rockland, Maine Art and Design of the North American Indian is the title for an exhibi- tion of Indian articles which will be displayed from July 14 through Sep- tember 3 at the William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum in Rockland. The display will include items made by tribal inhabitants of the Eastern Woodlands, the Midwest, Southeast, Great Plains, Southwest, and North- west Coast. The William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum, located between Elm and Spring Streets off Main and Union Streets, was established by the late Lucy Farnsworth, one-time resident of the nearby neo-classic homestead. A trust established under the will of Miss Farnsworth stipulated that the art museum and library be built and that the family home be opened to the public to display the interior and furnishings in their authentic setting. The museum has become a landmark, a center of cultural activities in the area, expanding beyond exhibitions of paintings and sculpture to in- clude lectures, poetry readings, musical recitals and serves as a meeting place for various clubs and organizations. Referred to as “the finest museum north of Boston” in newspaper articles, the museum has had visitor counts run as high as 12,000 persons a week as was recorded for the James Wyeth exhibition of paintings in 1969. The number of Wyeth paintings in the museum’s permanent collection comprises one of the largest assembled by any museum in the world. In addition to thirteen paintings by Andrew Wyeth, there are oils by his father, N. C. Wyeth, two paintings by his son, James Wyeth, and paintings by his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John W. McCoy. American artists represented include such notables as Winslow Homer, Thomas Sully, Fitz Hugh Lane, Jeremiah Hardy, Gilbert Stuart, Alvan Fisher, George Inness and Eastman Johnson of the past cen- turies, and many contemporary artists. The homestead was built around 1840 and furnished with period fur- niture. The parlor, located at the left of the front entrance, was reserved for special family occasions such as weddings, furnerals or holiday gather- ings in keeping with social customs of the upper middle-class American family. The original wallpaper, cornices, drapes and marble fireplace are complemented with satin upholstered loveseats and side chairs and the in- evitable marble-topped table. The only existing portrait of Lucy Farns- worth is an oil painting on the west wall of this room in which she is shown staring very seriously out of the picture as she stands beside her brother James. A portrait of her father, William A. Farnsworth, rests on an easel. The floral tapestry carpet is vivid in its pristine colors, protected from the sun by generations of shade-pulling maids and Farnsworth women. The sitting room on the opposite side of the entrance boasts of a unique 45
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One of the Sights of Muscongus Bay — The “Cora F. Cressy” by J. Malcolm Barter Motorists traveling U.S. Route 1 are familiar with the hulks of the schooners Hesper and Luther Little, both of 1917-18 vintage, which lie in the mud off the bridge at Wiscasset. But unless one drives well off the main road the only way to see the remains of another old schooner, far larger and with a longer history than those rotting in the Sheepscot River, is to take a boat to upper Muscongus Bay. There, just east off the Keen Narrows, her black, weathered hull looming high against the Bremen shore opposite the National Audubon Society camp on Hog Island, is what is left of the Cora F. Cressy. She was built by Percy & Small of Bath in 1902 — a lofty-bowed, massive five-master constructed of Virginia oak and Georgia pine, 273 feet overall and grossing nearly 2500 tons. Designed especially for use in the coal trade along the Eastern Seaboard from Norfolk, Virginia, to Maine, she could carry close to 4000 tons of cargo; and though reputed cranky and hard to handle when light, she could produce a good turn of speed with her holds loaded. For fifteen years she sailed for Percy & Small, although “pieces” (shares) of her were owned by various individuals, including Captain Ellis E. Haskell of Tenants Harbor, who was her master during the early part of her career. In 1917 she was purchased along with other Percy & Small vessels by the France & Canada Steamship Company. In 1924 Cora F. Cressy survived a March gale that caused the loss of the mighty six-master Wyoming. The two vessels sailed in company from Norfolk and on encountering a storm south of Cape Cod anchored off Chatham, Massachusetts. The weather worsened, and Captain C. N. Publi- cover of the Cressy, figuring he had a better chance at sea, up-anchored and clawed offshore. He finally brought his gale-battered vessel into Bos- ton, but Wyoming was never seen again. It is believed the heavy strain exerted by her anchors pulled the bow out of her. From then on Cora F. Cressy was recognized as “Queen” of the Atlantic Coast coal schooners, but her remaining days under sail were few. In 1925 she was sold for $3,610 and after being reconditioned was dispatched south on coastwise trips to Norfolk and Florida. Twice she was blown out to sea by gales, and once when her commanding officer, the only member of the eleven-man crew who could navigate, was killed in a fall down a hatch, she was towed in by the Coast Guard. Finally in 1928, after losing much of her canvas in another gale, she was laid up at Boston, her sailing days over. A year later she was con- verted into a nightclub known as Lavagi’s Showboat. Her masts, bowsprit and jibboom were left in place, but her main deck was housed over and her interior redecorated. As a floating nightclub, she spent seasons at Gloucester, Boston and Providence, Rhode Island, moving from one port to the other in tow of a tug. » photo-Collection of Frank E. Claes, Camden, Maine. In 1938 B. T. “Bunny” Zahn of Bremen, Maine, a lobster dealer, bought her. He hoisted out her five masts and sold them along with rigging, the windlass and other gear before hiring a tug to tow her hull to Muscongus Bay for use at his lobster buying station in Medomak. Her holds proved unsatisfactory for storing lobsters, and she has served principally over the years as a breakv/ater protecting Zahn’s dock and lobster pound. Six years ago some of the remaining fittings aboard the vessel were removed and taken to the Bath Marine Museum in Bath. Since then sev- eral people have approached Zahn with schemes for refloating the old schooner and making a museum of her, but none of these plans has ma- terialized. It seems likely Cora F. Cressy will end her days where she lies, settling deeper into the mud and gradually disintegrating under the effects of tide and weather. She’s well worth a visit before she’s gone for good. By land the way to find her is to travel west on Route 32 out of Waldoboro to the Keene Neck Road in Bremen, then left off that road near the end down a gravel lane to Zahn’s lobster pound. But she looks better from the water. Coming east, go to the head of Muscongus Sound, following the can buoys through the Narrows and remembering to hug the Keene Neck shore. Going west out of Friendship, the course is around Martin’s Point across to Cow Island Channel, then from nun buoy to nun buoy almost to the Cora F. Cressey’s stern. The old girl, we’re sure, will welcome visitors.
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MOODY NC. “FOR. LAND TRANSPORTATION FUKJ TOO – “DRIVE – OPEL. TEL. «594-5ooo — we ALSO NORTH LUBEC MFG. & CANNING CO. C A B L E B R A N D SINCE 1885 PACKERS OF SARDINES North Lubec, Maine Rockland, Maine Telephone 207-733-5524 – 207-594-4302 X V WATCH FOR REED’S WEATHERVANE 5 5” Fair or Foul Weather 1 ] T I All You Old Salts and Landlubbers, Head For REED’S GIFT SHOP ROUTE 1 SOUTH WARREN, MAINE Open May 1st to Dec. 24th From Sawdust to Sloop — Outdoors By Terry White When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to build a Friendship Sloop south of the Mason-Dixon line, forget it and buy one if at all you can afford it. After months of haunting marinas in the Houston-Galveston area look- ing for a suitable family sailboat, my attention kept drifting back to the drawings in Howard Chapelle’s American Small Sailing Craft of the 25-foot Friendship Sloop Pemaquid. None of the sailboats with “For Sale” signs hanging on them had any great appeal to me; either they were sterile, characterless glass-and-syrup craft with rigging that clanked like a post of- fice flagpole, or they were creaky plywood “yachts” whose builders’ long suit likely was barn building. The decision to go Pemaquid came in the spring of 1967, and after receiving the large-scale drawings from Norton & Co., I began the full-size lofting. A nine by 36-foot roll of heavy manila photographer’s backdrop paper served as the lofting surface. Bricks and scraps of lumber weighted down the roll of paper, each night after work, as I crawled around in stock- ing feet laying out the offsets, waterlines and buttock lines in several colors of felt-tip pen. The first sawdust drifted to the floor of my garage in June 1967, and gradually the keel, stem, sternpost and deadwood, with molds and ribbands took shape. Materials used in the construction are an odd combination of forestry: The backbone is of Douglas fir, the frames of white ash, the plank- ing of Philippine mahogany, the deck of teak ($1.65 a board-foot!) and the cockpit-cabin coaming of maple. The first attempt to frame the curved, oval transom was an absolute disaster which I decline to discuss any further. The second attempt, using laminated top and bottom frames, was more satisfactory, and is probably somewhat beefier than is needed. It had been 17 years since I had done any boatbuilding — my father and 1 had built a 26-foot cabin cruiser in 1950 — but gradually the art of spiling the planks came back to me and the hull began taking shape. The framing was something else, though. I built a 9×15-inch plywood box eight feet long with a hatch in one end which I rigged for a steam box. A gasoline camp stove was the heat source and a five-gallon spout can served as a boiler. The 1 x2-inch frame stock was soaked in a tank for two days before they were steamed for four hours. The first batch of elm frames, from which the squirrels had only recently departed, were of such poor quality that my breakage rate exceeded the usable frames. Next I tried white ash, with the same soak-and-steam technique, and I had a low breakage rate. The frames were pulled into the molds hot and clamped. After setting, the heels were shaped and the frames bolted to the ribbands. When the shutter plank was nailed in place with the last bronze boat- nail, 1 built the cradle in place under the hull, installed industrial casters on it and rolled the boat into the driveway. There was not enough vertical 57
CORNER GIFT SHOP – Thomaston Exclusively Ours! The Hand Blown “FRIENDSHIP SLOOP” COMMEMORATIVE BOTTLE IN BLUE LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 500 Telephone 233-1168 Alternate Telephone 233-2791 Since 1920 PETER HOGSETH Machine Made Lobster Plugs 6 HEMINGWAY ROAD SAUGUS, MASS. 01906 Earl A. Stanley A n d W. C. Ladd and Sons Insurers ROCKLAND FRIENDSHIP clearance in the garage for building the deck and cabin. Never again will I attempt to build a vessel of any size — even a skiff — out in the open. The three years since rollout have been a constant battle with weathering, rain, 100-degree heat, cold north winds and other harassment from nature. For in Texas, as the saying goes, if you don’t like the weather — wait a minute. I was determined to build my Pemaquid as traditional as possible throughout, although I did compromise tradition by fiberglassing the cabin roof over mahogany and by using epoxy paints. Browsing through marine hardware stores in the Houston-Galveston area soon taught me that the husky bronze fittings I wanted were simply not available — everything was jazzy chrome-plated potmetal. For the gam- mon, chainplates, rudder heel gudgeon, bobstay fitting and several other bits of hardware, I made drawings from which a local machine shop fab- ricated the fittings from bronze plate. A slightly bent 1 l/s -inch diameter tobin bronze propeller shaft from my father’s cabin cruiser, which had been replaced with monel, became Pemaquid’s rudder shaft. I scrounged the mast and boom from a 30-foot gaff-rig boat that had been wrecked, and cut them down to fit. Bronze portlights to fit a Friendship’s narrow cabin sides simply were not shown in anybody’s hardware catalog. In desperation I fashioned a casting pattern from wood scraps and sent it to a foundry in Beaumont, Texas, which cast the four sets of portlights in manganese bronze for about $12 a set. The hinge pins, dogbolts and glass I fitted myself. Clearance for a steering wheel between the cockpit seat fronts limited the wheel diameter to 15 inches. Here, again, a foundry pattern was built and sent to Beaumont while I turned the handles from scrap mahogany. Small plastic letters glued to the front face of the wheel hub foundry pattern gave me the sloop’s name, Amistad, in relief on the front of the wheel. Auxiliary power will be a 7-hp air-cooled German diesel one-lung engine, which starts on the first try after sitting for months and runs like a sewing machine. For ballast, cast-iron window-sash weights dipped in zinc chromate will be racked under the cabin sole. Part of Amistad came from Maine, for Jessie’s Sailmaker’s in Camden made the sails and I mail-ordered the blocks and parrals from Traditional Yacht Hardware in South Portland. With any luck and good weather, Amistad should be sampling the breezes on Galveston Bay by the time her sisters gather for the annual sloop days in Friendship. My advice to anyone contemplating building a Friendship sloop is to have a decent place inside — a barn a Quonset hut, some kind of build- ing — in which to work, store your lumber and where power tools can be left in place without having to roll them back after each work session. Plan your material and hardware procurement so that you have something to work with when you reach that particular stage. Boatbuilding-quality lumber is hard to come by, at least in this part of the world — so locate your sources before too much frustration sets in. Frustrations and delays notwithstanding, it is still a satisfying thing to see the graceful lines of a Friendship sloop take form under your hands. One may not get under sail as quickly as in buying a finished boat outright, but a sloop built by her owner will be appreciated far more when the salt of his sweat is in her planks. 59
Thomaston Merchants Welcome You MONTPELIER — HOME OF GENERAL KNOX Open 10:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. — May 30 thru October THE SANDWICH BOARD Next to Thomaston Post Office Hearty Sandwiches Eat in or Take out Cushing Salt Water Camping MANTLE LIGHT Tents – Trailers Tel. 354-6417 MCDONALD’S DRUG STORE Robert and Robin Seastead In Business Since 1890 Dial FALES & SON General Merchandise 354-6431 Cushing, Maine BRACKETT’S DRUG STORE Prescriptions – Mail Orders Filled Registered Pharmacists Virgil R. Young and Joel Miller J. C. ROBINSON & SON, INC. J. C. ROBINSON & SON, St. George Lumber and Building Supplies Tel. 596-6678 — 372-6695 SI UDLEY HARDWARE CO. Everything In Hardware Housewares & Garden Supplies Thomaston, Maine THOMASTON SPORTCENTER Next to Knox Hotel – Thomaston Complete Line – Campers, Trailers Chrysler Outboards • Steury Boats JULIAN RUBENSTEIN Real Estate Broker 45 Gleason St., Thomaston, Maine Tel. (207) 354-6654 The Fence Viewer by James Russell Wiggins Donaldson Koons, the chairman of the Environmental Improvement Commission, finally said it, in the interview printed last Sunday in the Maine Telegram. Bob Cummings asked him this question: “Privies aren’t suitable for downtown Portland, but in some of the smaller towns and rural areas wouldn’t we be better off if we had stuck with them?” The chairman of the Environmental Commission answered: “Of course. There are two crimes against humanity which at their in- ception seemed like real boons. They are the internal combustion engine and the flush toilet. The flush toilet uses a large quantity of water to dispose of a small quantity of waste. Even with the best of treatment they create a hell of a problem with our lakes and waterways. For summer camps, outhouses are the best disposal you can find. But, of course, peo- ple aren’t prepared to use them any more.” It has seemed to the Fence Viewer, for a long time, that someone ought to write a panegyric to the privy. We abandoned it, as we have abandoned a lot of good old things, without sufficient thought and reflec- tion on the new-fangled alternative we were offered to take its place. It has figured conspicuously in our literature as an object of mirth and a butt of wit and humor, but it has never had its just due as an object of serious discussion. Chic Sales made a fortune out of it, as an object of fun and he had numerous predecessors as well as imitators. There is a certain preoccupation of the species with the execratory functions as an object of humor. For some unaccountable reason, the impulse to deal with these bod- ily functions humorously has increased with the rising generation. But it is not as a contribution to so-called humor that the privy de- serves to be considered. It is entitled to contemplation as a structure which performed its essential purpose with a maximum of comfort, safety For the first couple years of the Sloop Races, James Russell Wiggins brought his sloop AMITY to Friendship and picked up all the Class A marbles. Then his job as editor on the Washington Post and his subsequent position as Ambassador to the U.N. took so much of his time he didn’t get back to Friendship. A couple of years ago Mr. Wiggins moved to Maine on a year ’round basis and he is now owner, publisher, and editor of the Ellsworth Ameri- can. The two articles which follow are pieces he has printed in his paper in the past couple of years, and are copied herewith because this writer thought they were timely and appropriate reading for boating people. The first one, while it is humorous, is nevertheless apropos in these ecologically oriented times, and especially with the up-coming legislation and control of holding tanks, pumping stations, etc., etc. The second article points out a growing problem. Perhaps some of you readers can suggest a solution. 61
Main Street — Thomaston 25 Spacious Rooms Dining Room and Cocktail Lounge Banquet Rooms Available WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR HOTEL Telephone 354-6363 The Fernalds NEWBERT and WALLACE ‘ . Millwork THOMASTON – MAINE DAVIS FUNERAL HOMES, INC. Russell E. Murphy and E. Hoy Moss, Jr. THOMASTON ROCKLAND Serving Friendship Over 50 Years 62 and convenience and a minimum of bother, maintenance and repair. A neglected privy, of course, could become a menace to health, an affront to the sight and an outrage to olfactory organs; but so can a neglected latrine equipped with the best flush toilets. If you don’t believe it, step into the men’s rooms of the ordinary filling stations along a well-used highway. (The Fence Viewer has only second- hand reports of the ladies’ rooms, but if his sources are reliable, they are worse than the men’s rooms.) A well-tended privy was often a matter of satisfaction to the owner and his family. The good housewife took pride in keeping it neat and clean and tidy airy and fresh and inviting. And there was no reason why it should have been otherwise. Men had long employed a certain ingenuity in the disposal of human wastes, before the flush toilet came along. At Monticello, a honey cart mounted on a track that entered the basement, was the repository of such wastes — later hauled away onto fields. But the privy was the common denominator, the favorite institution. It required no great manual work for upkeep and when, after a long lapse of time, it needed attention, it could be moved to a new reservoir, with a minimum of effort at a cost less than that of replacing a valve in a flush toilet. The indictment of the flush toilet should not be limited to its effects on pollution. This is an important part of the bill of particulars. If a town the size of Ellsworth had no flush toilets, it wouldn’t need to worry about a multi-million dollar sanitary system and sewage disposal plant and tne Union River and Lake Leonard still would be centers of recreational and maritime activity, instead of open sewers. D.M.W. The second particular in this bill of indictment is the sheer waste of water The supply of water is not unlimited. But it was regarded as un- limited by the man who devised the flush toilet. No thought was given to economy in the use of water. The more water used, the more certainty that the take-away pipe would not be plugged. So let the water rush in to accomplish its plebian mission of carrying away waste. Some devices are 63
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WALDOBORO GARAGE CO. J. H. MILLER, Owner CARS TRUCKS Sales and Service HEATING OIL DIVISION LOUIS “RED” MARTIN, Manager WALDOBORO, MAINE TELEPHONE 832-5317 HALL FUNERAL HOME Serving Friendship 832-5541 ALFRED STORER “-Dutch Boy’ does it-•• best! FRIENDSHIP STREET Coal – Lumber Complete Line of Building Materials Dutch Boy Paints WALDOBORO, MAINE 66 Stinkpot Mooring Pirates Have Driven Amity Off The High Seas By The Fence Viewer James Russell Wiggins This is the week that I was going to haul the AMITY and put the old Friendship sloop in the boathouse for the winter, but she was hauled, in- stead, on Oct. 4. The good resolutions to sail right into November were broken again. And it is the more to be regretted because the summer was broken up a lot and there were a lot of planned trips still on the schedule. But Oct. 4 finished the season. It was finished, actually, by a skipper from Corea, Maine. On Saturday, Oct. 2, we had a fine sail. Not a long one, but a nice sail down to George’s Bell at the end of Eggemoggin Reach. Then pas- sengers were let off at Center Harbor and the old skipper took off alone, by sail, for the mooring at the Benjamin River Boat Yard. At the mouth of the river we ran into a very lively squall. It was at extreme low tide. The wind came howling out of the river and a small boat would have been knocked down. For a half hour, it was a lively affair attempting to avoid the twin disasters of wind and shallow water. But we made it around the bar and into the harbor, somewhat battered and beaten about, but intact. Down came the fore sails, and we headed for our mooring, warmed by the conflict with nature, gratified to have escaped the dual hazards of grounding and swamping. But gratification was short lived. As we neared our moor- ing, we noted another boat tied to it — for the second time in three days. That presented a problem. The wind was still gusting a bit, although the squall had passed over and taken its 30 knot winds along with it. So we sailed out into the river, downed the main sail and anchored. Then we went back to the mooring and took off a stinkpot moored there and anchored it with its own anchor, some distance away. Then we moved the AMITY to her own mooring. This took a couple hours of single-handed work. We left a brief message on the deck of the visiting craft. But we don’t expect it to do any good. The owner didn’t show up until Monday morning, after leaving his boat on the plainly marked mooring of another boat, on Saturday night. Like the skipper of a larger stinkpot which tied up at the mooring a few days before, he couldn’t read. The plug was plainly labelled. The first boatman, fortunately, was still on his craft and promptly moved it. His wife called gaily from the boat and said they thought they were on a guest mooring. Maybe they label them AMITY in some ports. I wouldn’t know. These two episodes scuttled my fall sailing plans. I don’t mind fighting wind and wave a bit, but fighting for your own mooring at the end of 67
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The Launching of Enduring Friendships By Roger L. Taylor Usually when a book is published one of the last decisions is what to call it. But when Al Roberts showed up bright and early one morning at the Camden office of International Marine Publishing Company to ask if we would be interested in publishing a new book on Friendship Sloops for the Friendship Sloop Society, he had hardly begun talking about the project before he announced, “Now the title of this new book is going to be En- during Friendships.” We wrote it right down, and, being such a happy choice, it stuck. Now we might as well admit from the start that Enduring Friendships is a book that was put together by a committee. And it wasn’t even a formal committee; just a group of Friendship Sloopers who wanted to see another book take shape that would do justice to the boats. It was soon apparent that this “committee” was an unusual one. From the start, everybody seemed to be pulling in the same direction — and really putting some weight on the oars, too! Maybe these folks ought to go to Augusta — or even Washington. We recall meeting with the group one fall evening at AFs place on the end of his dock. It was hard to concentrate on the details of planning the book, because it was one of those nights when the moonbeams were danc- ing all the way to Pemaquid. Things got done, though, and it wasn’t long before Al’s team of writers began sending in their material. The manuscripts and photos couldn’t have come in too fast. The con- struction of a book by many authors is sort of like a convoy; it can only proceed at the pace of the slowest writer. And Sloop Days were a-comin’ on. And, of course, the new book had to be launched before the 10th annual regatta. Before the last of the spring snow melted, Al and I went down to Port Clyde to ask Bill Thon if he’d let us put some of his intriguing sketches of Friendships in the book. Generous man that he is, he laid them all out on the floor of his studio and said, “Help yourselves.” We sure did, much to the book’s advantage. When the leading ships of the convoy began arriving, we began to set type in Portland. At last the final cargo of manuscript arrived and the text was soon all in type. Then, pulling galley proofs from one pile and photographs from another, and with one eye on the calendar, if not the clock, the pages were laid out in Camden. Then the book was put to bed on printing presses in Rockland. With the ink barely dry, the printed sheets were trucked to Concord, New Hampshire, for binding. Now the bindery was going to shut down for the first two weeks in July for summer vacation. So we would either get our books rushed through, finished, and delivered by the first of July, or if that proved impossible, they would be delivered just about a week after Sloop Days. Well, at that point, you would have thought the bindery people were all Friendship Sloop sailors themselves. We got our books, and Al and I didn’t have to walk the plank after all. The launching took place on schedule and everybody seemed quite happy with the finished product. The only problem is, with the rapid growth of the Society, the catalog of registered sloops in the book is getting a bit behind the times. It’s only inevitable that someday there’ll have to be a fourth book on Friendship Sloops. As a matter of fact, I happen to know Al has already picked the title for Number Four. Just the other day he said, “The next book is going to be called Friendships Forever.” ORDER YOUR COPY HERE ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS The Friendship Sloop Society’s Book edited by Al Roberts ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS The story of Maine’s Friendship sloops, from turn-of-the-century lobster boats to today’s affectionately admired cruising craft. More than 125 photographs, sketches and plans. Enduring Friendships includes an illustrated account of the building of a Friendship; a chapter on racing Friendships using distance handi- capping, and a description of the Friendship Sloop Society’s colorful annual regatta, first held in 1961. Sixty pages are devoted to photo- graphs and descriptions of most of the society’s registered sloops (97 when the book went to press), and there are twelve pages of sloop plans. 160 pages book size $11.95 Mail to: International Marine Publishing Co. Camden, Maine 04843 Send me copies of ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS ($11.95) ( ) Payment enclosed. ( ) Bill me, plus shipping. (Maine residents please add 5 percent sales tax) Name Street Address City & State Zip Code. 71
25′ Friendship Sloop Pemaquid in Fiberglass Draft — 4′ 3″ SA — 432 Disp. — 7000 LOA — 25 ft. LWL — 21 ft. Beam — 8′ 8″ Keel — 2000 lead JARVIS W. NEWMAN Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679 207 244-3860 Mack-Clark Bottling Co. WALDOBORO – NEWCASTLE Berton H. Scott, Prop. TEL. 832-5835 or 563-3145 Bottlers and Distributors of ORANGE, GRAPE, and STRAWBERRY CRUSH CLICQUOT CLUB – FROSTIE ROOT BEER – MOXIE OLD JAMAICA BEVERAGES SLENDER DIETETIC BEVERAGES DAVID KENNISTON Lobster Trap Stock Route One Warren, Maine 72 “Maybe that’s why . . . ” Noah of Cuttywinkle Isle warn’t a church-goin’ man. And it weren’t that he hadn’t been brought up proper. Hadn’t old Cyrus been the Penta- costal deacon long before his son Noah had even been a twinkle, and hadn’t he named him after a Biblical seaman? Noah did find himself a little surprised, and yes, maybe even a little ap- prehensive at the eagerness he showed in helping the crew of the “HEAV- ENBOUND,” formerly the “MARTHA AND ADELIA.” Those youngsters seemed sincere enough, even though they did have a lot to learn about convertin’ that old sail yacht to some kind of a floatin’ coffeehouse-chapel, Thought Noah, “I don’t know where, or how far they’re plannin’ to take their message, but ifn they’re plannin’ to take it in the old ‘MARTHA AND ADELIA” without some major refastenin’, they’ll be “Heaven- bound” a dite ahead of schedule.” So, that’s how it started. “HEAVENBOUND” came ashore on Noah’s island. He had offered some small talk that he hadn’t meant to sound like advice. These young Christ-folks had taken him up on his observations, and before you could have said “Armageddon” he had agreed to repair the yacht, in return for a shinglin’ job on the east ell of the house. “Actual- ly,” he mumbled to himself, “I could’ve done the shinglin’ job myself, ‘cept I’m getting’ too stiff to ram around on ladders. And, then, I am rather taken by these you’ans. ‘Sides, I’d damsite druther work on a boat anyway!” So, it was settled. Nature, finished with spring, began to sip of summer, and with the coming weeks, work progressed. The east ell was shingled, “and right proper so,” noted Noah. “HEAVENBOUND” was seaworthy again, thanks to cotton, caulkin’ iron, and Noah, and the old girl seemed to sense her new elevation of purpose. “Only two or three days to go,” he mused to no one in particular, “and we’ll put her overboard ‘gain.” Noah was at the general store. He’d replenished his supply of plug, and had just bought a new plaid handker- chief to celebrate the first journey of the now refurbished “MARTHA AND ADELIA” . . . ‘”S funny . . . I don’t really feel like celebratin’. Twon’t be the same around the island, with all that youngness gone.” It was then he noticed Miz Hotchkins and her summer complaint sister from Boston. “Pretty soon you’ll be rid of ’em . . .” she was saying to Noah. “You’ll be able to return to some peace and quiet. All that singin’ and laughin’ while they work. Disgraceful! Just last Sunday I said to the usher . . . they call themselves Christians . . . why . . . I don’t know how long it’s been since they’ve shaved . . .” Noah rubbed his week-old stubble and thought, “How long has it been?” He pulled on his ear. ‘Miz Hotchkins,” then with a nod to her sister, “Ma’m, seems to me we got plenty o’ time for peace and quiet when we’re underground, and not enough time for smiles . . . that is . . for us who know how to! Mawnin’ ladies.” He swung off, and was gone. To the doorway, to the road, the lane, the wharf . . . down the ladder to the skiff . . . feeling strangely exuberant . . . now the boot-toe over the rail . . . and the heavy drop into the boat. Seating himself, he whistled a snatch of “Onward Christian Soldiers,” interspersed with phrases from “Superstar …” Noah, of Cuttywinkle Isle, looked up, and squinted to wind’ard. He winked at God, and said, “Like I told you, Lawd, I’m not cut out to be a church-goin’ man. I hope You don’t mind . . . but,” he nodded his head toward the mainland store, “maybe that’s why . . .” And he rowed off toward his own personal Eden. 73
[ FRIENDSHIP PLUMBING & HEATING Sherman F. Baird Telephones: 832-5327 or 594-8691 last year, more than^S^visitors from almost every state and many foreign countries , signed our Guestbook. won’t you stop in too ? . . . we’re just minutes away.. . down the Friendship Road. THE WALDOBORO GALLERY a non-profit organization My father had a Friendship, He used it as a lend-ship; When it leaked, The people shrieked, So my father sold his Friendship. Mary Craig There was a man living in Friendship, Who decided he’d take a nice trip So he bought a canoe, But after a dip or two, Decided a sloop would really be hip. Amy Stebbins A Friendship Sloop named Retriever Was racing one named Channel Fever, But during the race To their disgrace, They were passed by a swift-swimming beaver. Noel March There was an old Friendship named “Queen,” Whose planks sprung a leak in between. With maul, iron and oakum Her owner did poke ’em. Now “Queen” keeps her bilges quite clean. His neighbors all said he was odd As he steamed and he planed and he sawed. Til with a loud cackle He spliced the last tackle. And neighbors his Friendship did laud. (Robert) Terry White Owner, Sloop “Amistad” 2231 Oboe Trail League City, Texas 77573 Take a year-round Friendship “cruise” with jT0VVM’C’ft$t” The Magazine of Maine, — for $5.50 a year. DOWN EAST MAGAZINE, CAMDEN, MAINE 04843“Dumb Boat Won’t Point” Every summer when we take “Sarah Mead” to Friendship for the Friendshop Sloop Regatta, my father steps down from his position as cap- tain of our vessel in favor of his sons. About the only thing he knows about racing is that when the wind is coming over the “right” side of the boat as you face the “pointy” end, a boat is on starboard tack. Any attempts to teach him anything else have been in vain. In fact, one of the few times he skippered the only boat we beat was “Depression.” Therefore, one of us boys assumes command of the ship for the duration of the races. Both my brothers and myself have gone through the Camden Yacht Club sailing program and, consequently, have had a great deal of exposure to racing and many of the modern racing craft. We developed a liking for this aspect of sailing, and so, do little sailing on the “Sarah Mead” during the course of the summer, “giving up the ship” to sail on faster boats. When we reboard “Sarah Mead” for the sloop races we have become disillusioned about Friendships by the winches, spinnakers, and close- windedness of many of the more modern boats. We have become ac- customed to fancy pedestal steerers, gleaming winches, and all the newest in racing gear; and then we “lower” ourselves to sail a Friendship and are confronted with a boat designed in who-knows-when that doesn’t even have a trim-tab. The windward legs are sailed amid groans of discontent such as, “why did we ever get such a slow boat?” or, more frequently simply, “Dumb boat won’t point,” as we discover that she won’t sail as high on the wind as the “racing machines” and that her maximum speed to windward “isn’t even eight knots.” Upon rounding the weather mark it is discovered that this boat has no spinnaker and so we make do with a winged-out staysail. All in all, though (and I’m sure that I speak for my brothers as well as myself in saying this), it is worth having a Friendship for the opportunity to participate in what is probably the most unique regatta in all the yachting world — the Friendship Sloop Regatta. by Bruce W. White ‘Unguarded Moments taken at last year’s regatta ,iwu ‘^’4 Y ?•• •: jv*..s <&:;->-.’-i*J >.-*> – ‘ -•^sl ;.- >’ v^ IL Ji 76 77
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Friendship Community Club What is the Friendship Community Club? The Community Club of Friendship is and has been the interested parents and friends of school children who have formed and operated a local independent service club rather than being a part of a state or na- tional organization. In this way their efforts have been directed to the immediate local needs. What Does the Community Club Do? Community Club members cooperate with other groups during Sloop Days in activities to raise money. What do they spend their share for? The following partial list will give one an idea of the way they help the school and community. Community Club members have been vitally interested in the school hot lunch program from its beginning and have paid for large and expen- sive pieces of equipment such as a refrigerator, a deep freeze, a heavy duty mixer, tables and benches. They have also bought many other items such as dishes, silverware, utensils, trays, bowls, towels, and even a can opener. Their support of the lunch program was vital to get it started and has continued through the years. In the classrooms, the Community Club has provided audio-visual equipment such as record players, a tape recorder and tapes, a television set and antenna, and curtains to darken rooms for movie showing. They have furnished reference books, science books and this last year made a $100 grant to the new library for books. They have provided scales to weigh and measure pupils and for many years have given each teacher money to spend for miscellaneous educational needs within the classroom. Community Club has installed large playground equipment such as the slides, swings, and bicycle racks. Many smaller items such as balls, bats, gloves, bases, referees fees, cleaning uniforms, have been given, too. In a recent year over $200 was spent for such items. The Club has been interested in winter sports and has paid for bull- dozing, installing a culvert, plowing snow, and mowing grass to provide a pond for skating. Other recreational projects include movies for Saturday afternoons, Christmas party films, a banquet for eighth graders, and a trip to Simpson’s Animal Farm. Each year the Community Club has awarded one or more scholarships of $100 to a senior to be used toward college expenses. Prizes for spelling bees and other contests are awarded. Eyeglasses have been provided for a number of children. In addition to these direct services to the school and community, the Club has cooperated with and donated to such groups as the Foreign Student Exchange Program, The March of Dimes, The Red Cross, UNICEF and the Boosters Club. What does the Community Club do? There you have a fair sample of the projects and interests. The many parents and friends who have worked so diligently to carry on these many projects can well feel proud of the results of their labors. A salute to them. 80 “DROP ANCHOR” Housekeeping Cabins • Week or Month Beach and Boats. Inquire Robert Lash, Jr., 832-9548 AL ROBERTS THE DRIFTWOOD – on the ocean Overnight Guests Martin’s Point – Friendship Addie May & BUI Thissell – Tel. 832-9166 BENJAMIN KALER Tel. 832-9765 – Hot Top Driveways Gravel • Fill – Loam • Trucking Odd Jobs of Any Description FRIENDSHIP MARKET Groceries – Meats – Fruits Frozen Foods – Amoco Gas VILLAGE GRILLE Friendship, Maine MINEAU’S LOBSTER WHARF Lobsters – Clams (Retail) Daily 10:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. Forest Lake, Friendship – 832-4654 WALLACE MARKET Groceries – Ice Cream – Soda Texaco Gas and Oil PRUDDEN & SON, INC. Lobster Plugs and Bands Hingham, Mass. OUR PLACE Seafood Dinners Hathorne Point, Cushing Betty & John Olson 354-6617 The Voice of Friendship Twelve years ago it was decided a loud speaker system was needed to make it possible to keep people informed about our proceedings. For most of the eleven years since, the voice you have heard has been Everett Walker’s. Everett is an ardent Friendship enthusiast and has spent more summer vacations here than he’s about to admit. Now retired, he spends his winters on Cape Cod, but Friendship draws him back each year and he always plans to be here on Sloop Days to lend his voice to us for three days. 81
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