The Historian - Three Village Historical Society

The Historian
A Publication of the Three Village Historical Society
Volume 45, Issue 1 January 2008
A Message from the President
It is time to wish our members, volunteers and supporters a healthy, happy,
and prosperous New Year. For most
of us, it is the time when we look back
at the past year and wonder where all
the time went.
I think how quickly
my first year as President has flown by.
It is reassuring to see many friends I
have come to know and care about in the community who
know how much the Society has accomplished. Most significantly, this year the Society not only achieved a balanced budget, we increased our revenue by more then 6
percent, while maintaining operating costs. The 2006-07
redesign of field trips and in-classroom promotional program materials, together with updated curriculum and a tactical marketing plan resulted in more than a 50 percent increase in-school program revenues. Under the leadership
of Barbara Gray, Chair of Membership, her team has increased our member roll from approximately 350 active
members in January 2006 to almost 700 members at the
end of 2007. Barbara will be stepping down this year, allowing her time to travel. We wish Barbara and her husband Will many good wishes and fair weather in all her
travels and thank her for all her enthusiasm and hard work.
We applaud Barbara and her team.
There are several other Board members who have also
completed their terms. Dick Russell, who has served the
Society for seven years, as a Trustee, Vice President, and as
Acting Director was diplomatic when necessary, a great
motivator and a vital member of the Society. Peter Baigent,
served four years as Trustee and Treasurer and his knowledge as an administrator was invaluable to the Board during
a time of restructuring budgets. Anne DeVault has fulfilled
her two year term as Trustee and also served as Hospitality
Chair and Yard Sale Chair during her tenure. Hopefully,
she is enjoying a little hospitality on her cruise to South
America! The Board wishes to extend our most sincere
thanks for all their hard work and time given to the Society.
So where do we go from here? What does 2008 have in
store for the Society? Much emphasis has been placed on
how we might provide better technology to the Society’s
committees. The executive group and several Trustees
have come up with a plan and received board approval for
the “Connect the Dots” project. “Connect the Dots”, refers to the Society’s desire to better promote its collections
which are currently used to provide information for the development of educational, community, and preservation
programs. The main goal of this project is to show how all
Society programs interrelate as well as to expand the public’s access to this varied and meaningful archival collection. (continued on page 2)
CLHT guests brave the cold on Erland Road
Inside:
Directors Report
Monthly Meetings, Programs and Events
Annual Award Nominations and Dinner
Book Discussion—Hen Frigates
Good & Welfare
Membership
WSM 200th Birthday Bash
Curator for a Day?
Nominating Committee Report
Highlights from the 2007 Spirit Tour & CLHT
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The Historic Markers committee is in the process of updating the Society’s database with all deed transfers in
the Three Village and surrounding area. This information
is used by many members for program research. The
Rhodes committee worked all year on the soon to be released “Then and Now in the Three Villages” and found
that deed transfer information helps to tell the story about
a parcel of land, who owned it and how it was used. It
also helps our historians when researching information
for our Walking, Spirits, and Candlelight House Tour
programs. Our members from Rhodes and our Archivist
Karen Martin hold the visual keys to the local history
with our photographic collection, oral history collection,
our vast paper and 3D collections. All are in need of attention. The “Connect the Dots” project will provide the
start of digital media for our collections.. So with the
close of a fantastic year, and an exciting 2008 waiting in
the wings, the Board along with myself wish you all a
Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Pat Kunder,
President
Since 2007 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth
of the renowned genre painter and native son, William
Sidney Mount, the TVHS celebrated his life and times
by featuring his spirit along with those of his friends,
relatives and subjects of his paintings as a cast of these
characters haunted their way through an entertaining
and informative guided tour.
I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the many
people who made the event possible, in particular event
co-chairs Janet McCauley and Donna Cappuccio for
their organization and dedication, Frank Turano for his
copious research and for writing over 20 new scripts
for the actors, Barbara Lynch and Karin Lynch for
handling ticket sales, Bruce McCauley and John Yantz
and the entire Traffic Committee, Fred Bryant and Bryant Funeral Home for producing the prayer card admission ticket, Bev Tyler for his photographic services, the
Setauket Presbyterian and Caroline Churches and of
course, the spirits themselves…and the wonderful actors who portrayed them!
Sarah K. Abruzzi,
Director
Greetings from the Director
It’s hard to believe, but an eventful and exciting year has already
passed since I joined the Three
Village Historical Society. I want
to take this opportunity to thank
you all for your guidance, support
and warm wishes as I’ve settled in
and started to learn more about the
history of this organization and
how it fits into the community it serves.
As the year draws to a close, I am happy to say that the
Society’s many annual events and programs have proved
both financially successful and well-liked by our many
visitors and guests. In particular, I’d like to take a
moment to reflect upon the success of this year’s Spirits
Tour. On Saturday October 20, 2007, the Three Village
Historical Society presented its 13th Annual Spirits Tour.
An annual favorite, the tour took place in the churchyards
of the Caroline and Setauket Presbyterian Churches as
well as on the Setauket Village Green and featured over a
dozen elaborately-costumed interpreters portraying
ghosts of the Three Villages’ storied past.
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Generous
Donation
Received
From the Estate
of Ingrid & Jack
Wallach
In September 2006, the Three Village Historical
Society received notification that it had been named a
beneficiary of the estate of Ingrid & Jack Wallach.
Ingrid, who was pre-deceased by her husband, passed
away in July 2006 and left the sum of her estate to ten
organizations, several of which are located in the Three
Village area.
An elementary school teacher by profession, Ingrid
dedicated her life and legacy to the education and
advancement of children as is evidenced by the many
generous gifts she left upon her passing. Ingrid is
remembered by friends still living in the Three Village
area as a kind, helpful and feisty woman who was
“ahead of her times” and who always stressed the
importance of education.
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Monthly Members Meetings
Monday January 21, 2008: Monthly
Meeting: - Election of Officers &
Trustees:
Come cast your vote for the
proposed slate of incoming officers
and trustees of the Three Village
Historical Society, and enjoy the opportunity to catch up with old and new friends alike
over light refreshments. View some of the most recent
acquisitions to the Society’s collection as well as a
CHT photo slide show courtesy of Mr. Beverly Tyler.
Monday February 18, 2008: Monthly
Meeting &
Lecture: The Long Island Antique Bottle Association Presents: Long Island Stoneware: Overview of the Long Island stoneware industry (including Brooklyn, Huntington and Greenport)
with exquisite examples on display culled from several
private collections.
Monday April 21, 2008: Monthly
Meeting & Lecture & Pot Luck Dinner w/ Neighborhood House Assn.
Please join us for wine & cheese beginning at 6:00 pm; dinner will be
served from 6:30 – 7:30 pm. Please bring your favorite
covered dish enough for 6-8 people. The evening’s
program presented by Bev Tyler “Three Village People
and Places” will feature a history of Stony Brook & Setauket is woven through a look at interesting people
who lived here and the events that shaped their lives.
The Program begins with the Native Americans who
settled here over 8,000 years ago. It then traces more
than 350 years of change through the eyes and experiences of ordinary and extraordinary people. Photographs of the Three Villages in all four seasons, accompanied by music, concludes the program.
Annual Awards Dinner
Each March at its Annual Awards
Dinner, the Three Village Historical
Society honors several dedicated individuals and community based groups
for the work they do to foster a greater
appreciation of our local history. This
year marks the Society’s 31st Annual
Award Dinner, which will feature a
celebration on Monday, March 17th at
6:00 pm at the Old Field Club, with special entertainment by Robert Olson presenting the Nineteenth Century Magic of Richard Potter. Wearing period costuming, Robert Olson will recreate the nineteenth century
magic of Richard Potter who first performed on his
own in 1810. The show consists of magic with cards
and coins, ribbons and boxes, and a variety of other
tricks of magic from over 150 years ago. Robert Olson
has spent the past 30 years studying and recreating
Potter's magic. Look for your invitation in the coming
weeks.
2007 Volunteer Hours
If you have served on or have chaired any committees
during 2007, please submit a list with your name(s),
event or program name, dates, and the number of hours
volunteered to the Society office. Please e-mail to
[email protected], or mail information by February 28,
2008 to:
Volunteer Hours 2007
Three Village Historical Society
P. O. Box 76
E. Setauket, NY 11733
Annual Award Nominations
Nominations for the Three Village Historical Society
are now being accepted. Please see the enclosed flyer
for more information on the various Award categories.
Awards will be presented at the Annual Dinner on
March 17, 2008. Please submit your nominations to
the Society by January 30, 2008.
All of the monthly Members Meetings are held at the
Setauket Neighborhood House, 95 Main Street, in
Setauket.
Please join us for light refreshments
beginning at 7:00 pm. The evening’s program begins
immediately after a short business meeting at 7:30 pm.
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Book Discussion on
Hen Frigates by Joan
Druett set for Friday
March 28th.
You are invited to a seafaring
book discussion on Friday,
March 28th, 2008 at 7:30 P.M.
at the Three Village Historical
Society History Center, 93
North Country Road, Setauket.
A tour of the exhibition The
Sailing Circle, 19th Century
Seafaring Women from New
York by historian Beverly
Tyler will take place at 7:00 P.M. prior to the book
discussion. The public is invited, free of charge to attend
both the tour and the book discussion. Copies of New
Zealand author Joan Druett’s award-winning book are on
sale at the Three Village Historical Society gift shop.
Hen Frigates by Joan Druett is a seafaring book packed full
of interesting details about shipboard life during the 19th
century when wooden ships, iron men and their wives and
children journeyed up and down the coast of North
America and around the world. A number of local women
are featured including Setauket’s Mary Satterly Rowland,
Mary Swift Jones and Ellen Elizabeth Jones. More than just
a book about families at sea, Hen Frigates covers in
dramatic detail and story, the growth of American maritime
commerce around the world in the 19th century.
“I hardly know what place to call my home. It seems to be
my lot to spend much of my time on the sea.” (Mary
Satterly Rowland on New Year’s Day, 1873)
During the 19th century a number
of captain's wives, knowing the
hardships of sea travel and well
aware of the extensive period of
time that the vessels would be gone
from their home ports, went to sea
with their husbands. They were
not seafaring women, but they
were often daughters and granddaughters of ship captains. They
were not adventuresome women,
but wives who felt that being with
their husbands and keeping the
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family together was more important than staying at
home in the local community. These were not unusual
women, but their experiences made them strong and
self-reliant.
These women maintained a strong connection with
their communities, and with the relatives and friends
they left behind. They wrote letters home, kept diaries,
and brought gifts and treasures back from the far corners of the earth. The furniture, china, pictures and
other household items they brought to their local communities had a lasting effect on the styles of the period.
Between 1855 and 1867, Captain Henry L. Rowland
and his wife Mary Satterly Rowland were at sea with
their children, aboard two brigs built in Setauket. The
first voyage lasted from October 16, 1855 through February 18, 1857. When they left, Captain Rowland was
28 years old and his wife Mary 23. Mary eventually
spent 20 years at sea with her husband on four different
vessels.
In her diary in 1855 Mary wrote, "...It is now Nine
O'clock and I will retire to my little room. The vessel
moves along at the rate of eight knotts per hour and it is
light pleasant and clear this evening everything is still
and quiet not a sound is heard save now and then the
jaws of the boom give an occasional squeak which
sounds very unpleasant. I will ask the second mate to
throw a bucket of water on it thus give it a drink and
stop its groaning. Henry is below and fast asleep. Latitude by observation 4.32 degrees south. Longitude by
chronometer 31.56 west. And thus ends this day..."
“Florence has been sick all night with violent headache
and pain in her back and side - throat swollen, Carrie is
vomiting and I presume she is coming down with measles.”
(Ellen Elizabeth Jones, January 15th, 1875)
In 1875, Ellen Elizabeth Jones, second wife of Captain
Benjamin Jones and daughter of the Setauket Presbyterian Church minister, left with her husband and children for a voyage to China. The ship, "Tri-Mountain"
traveled around Cape Horn and up the west coast of
South America. They stopped to pick up a load of
guano (bird dropping - a valuable fertilizer) in Peru. In
the diary she kept, Elizabeth told of the visits she had
with the wives of other ship captains in various ports
and the activities of the children as they traveled.
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The diaries, letters and artifacts of these two women are a
part of the collection of the Three Village Historical Society. They were donated by local residents and relatives of
local residents and provide a valuable insight into the lives
of women at sea in wooden ships of commerce. Their stories are just a small part of the many stories told in the Society’s exhibition, The Sailing Circle, 19th Century Seafaring Women from New York.
The Three Village Historical society’s exhibit, The Sailing
Circle, 19th Century Seafaring Women from New York, is
open Monday through Friday 10 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Special
tours are available by arrangement, call 751-3730. The exhibit is funded in part by the National Endowment for the
Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.
Three Village Historical Society’s New Maritime Field
Trip Program, Down The Ways, The Shipbuilding Era.
The Three Village Historical Society has instituted a new
school field trip/family program Down The Ways, The
Shipbuilding Era in honor and memory of Michele Morrisson, the Society’s first director, who died on August 16,
2007 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Michele Morrisson led the planning, organization and research
that resulted in an award-winning exhibition funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the
New York State Council on the Arts, as well as a companion publication The Sailing Circle, 19th Century Seafaring Women from New York. Following the Completion of
the exhibition Joan Druett, author and researcher wrote the
book Hen Frigates which details the lives of many of the
women who traveled on wooden sailing ships.
The newly-developed program Down The Ways, The Shipbuilding Era tells the story of 19th century maritime transportation on Long Island through the use of an exhibition, a
slide presentation, a walking tour, a cemetery tour, documents and hands-on activities. The award-winning exhibition, The Sailing Circle, 19th Century Seafaring Women
from New York, tells the stories of the men, women and
children who journeyed across Long Island Sound, up and
down the Atlantic coast and around the world in wooden
ships built along the local area shores. The slide presentation, Mary Swift Jones: A Voyage to China and Japan tells
the story of a young woman, newly-married who leaves
New York to voyage with her ship captain husband and becomes the first American woman in Japan after Admiral
Perry opens it to trade in 1854. The walking tour explores
the Dyer’s Neck-East Setauket Historic Shipbuilding District where coast-wise and ocean-going ships were built
and where these local families, lived, worked and died.
The tour of the Setauket Presbyterian Church Cemetery
includes the graves of ship captains, ship builders, their
wives and children and features a scavenger hunt for information. Documents include log books, letters and journals kept by the men and women who bravely set out at a
time when America was expanding it's influence and establishing routes of commerce around the world. Handson activities include the charts, maps and navigational
instruments that made travel at sea possible. The program
is adaptable to any age group. Teachers and group leaders
can choose which parts of the program they wish to explore based on the time available.
Photos from the TVHS Exhibit.
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Good & Welfare
Sympathies extended to Peter and Irene
Ostapow on the passing ofIrene’s mother.
Sympathies extended to John Hewlett and
family on the passing of John’s wife
Linda.
Congratulations and historical best wishes are sent to:
Bob Brown on receiving the Boy Scouts of America’s
Good Deed award for 2007.
Eric and Anne Waxman’s granddaughter Kara Beth has
been named a Fullbright scholar for 07-08.
Barbara Mills has been selected as the Nurse Practitioner of
the year for University Hospital at Stony Brook. Barbara is
the current director of the University Hospital’s Rapid Response Team. Barbara is also a graduate of the School of
Nursing at Stony Brook’s Baccalaureate and Master of Science programs.
Congratulations to the honorees who have been selected for
the various awards given by the Village Times Herald
2007:
Shirley Strum Kenny – Woman of the Year
Fred Bryant – Man of the Year in Business
Henry Laufer – Civic Man of the Year
Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan – Woman of the Year in
Education
If you have any Cheer or Sadness to report please contact
the Society’s Good & Welfare Committee Chair-Barbara
Lynch at 751-7192 or e-mail her at [email protected]
Membership Committee
Happy New Year!
Thank you for your continued support of the Historical Society. Please check your label on this newsletter; the label
will indicate if it's time to renew your membership. We
have also sent a separate membership letter
with a return envelop to you for your convenience. Please
use the envelope to renew today so we can make 2008 another great year of programs, events and activities! (PS - we
have a great guest coming this year for our annual dinner details to follow!)
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William’s 200th Birthday Bash and Book
Talk
A grinning group of birthday
celebrants gathered round an
outdoor table on the patio of The
Long Island Museum on the balmy
afternoon of Wednesday,
November 28 t h . singing a
resounding Happy Birthday to
William Sidney Mount in honor of
his 200th birthday two days earlier. They had just come
from the
Gillespie Room of the Carriage Museum,
where a lively book discussion had taken place focusing on
implications raised by the Three Village
Historical
Society’s 96-page publication, William
Sidney Mount: Family, Friends, and Ideas, about the
area’s native son and internationally admired genre artist. Liz Kaplan and Bob Kenny, the book’s co-editors,
responded to questions and opinions offered by the 30
attendees about puzzling aspects of Mount’s life. Why
had he never acquired a wife or a house, nor purchased
so much as a horse of his own, in an age when most
men were expected to do so? How to explain his puzzling and sometimes conflicting attitudes towards African Americans, in light of his sensitive and respectful
portrayals of them in his most notable works? Other
topics raised were Mount’s interest in spiritualism, his
avocation of musician and fiddle player which drew his
attention away from fulfilling painting commissions,
and the uses and sad demise of his portable studio.
Jack Strong offered fascinating personal anecdotes
about his family’s ownership of Mount’s 1845
masterpiece, Eel Spearing at Setauket, now owned by
the New York State Historical Association at
Cooperstown, NY.
Following the candle lighting and consumption of
brownies, the group was treated to a gallery talk in the
Art Museum by Eva Greguski, Curator, about Mount’s
esteemed paintings of musicians: Just in Tune; Right
and Left; The Banjo Player; and The Bone Player. The
latter, owned by Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, joins
the other three for the first time in many years. They
will be displayed together through February 18th.
The Three Village Historical Society appreciates very
much the generosity of The Long Island Museum in
donating the Gillespie Room and the time and talent of
Eva Greguski for this occasion.
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Highlights from the 2007 Spirits Tour in
celebration of William Sidney Mounts 200th
Birthday. Photos courtesy of Bev Tyler.
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Be a Curator for a Day
We have exhibit space....Do you have a
vision?
We are in the process of starting up the
“Guest Curator” program that allows
members to curate a mini exhibit based
on some aspect of Three Village History. Each exhibit
will have a “mini” opening and will run for three months
in the small exhibit case at headquarters.
These exhibits will fulfill two goals. First, they further
our mission of preserving our community’s shared heritage. Second, the exhibits will also be of value to the
curators themselves. The best way to appreciate a museum display is to try putting one together yourself.
Here are a few possibilities or you may use one of your
own ideas:
Before Television in the Three Village Area
(bowling shoes, cards, comic books, photos,
books, toys, back yard games!)
Nominating Committee Report
The Nominating Committee of the Three Village Historical
Society presents the following slate of Officers and
Trustees for 2008-2009. All have agreed to serve if
elected.
President:
Vice President:
Treasurer:
Recording Secretary:
Past-President:
Patricia Kunder
Peter Paul Ostapow
Kathy Larsen
Karin Lynch
Frank Turano
Class of 2009
Margo Arceri
Fred Bryant
Michael O’Dwyer
Marie Mordeno
Class of 2010
Albert Lewandowski
Patty Richter
Donna Smith
Class of 2011
Weavers and Wool in the Three Village Area
Michele Titus Rampone
Christy Radke
Jason Sanders
Patricia Yantz
Who were the volunteer firefighters in the
Three Village Area?
Names in bold are to be elected at the annual meeting
on January 21, 2008.
School pictures, proms, summer vacation
memories.
Respectfully submitted for the 2007 Nominating
Committee: Michael O’Dwyer, Janette Handley, Barbara
Russell - Co-Chairs, Robert Brown, Barbara Gray and
Michael O’Dwyer
All Dressed Up! (gloves, handbags, photos,
dance cards from years past!)
If you are interested in being a Curator for a day please
contact the Society office at 631-751-3730.
Reserve Your Copy Today
The Three Village Historical Society’s newest publication The Three
Village, Then & Now features dozens of never-before-published historic
images of the Three Village area coupled with photos of the same buildings
and locations as they appear today. The book will be available this
February of just $19.99 + tax and can be pre-ordered today by calling
631-751-3730. Visit our newly designed website for up-to-the minute information about this and other exciting projects!
www.tvhs.org
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Lend a Hand ?
Volunteers are the driving force behind The Three Village Historical Society. Their expertise
and their generous help have built this into an admirable and vibrant historical society. Their energy builds community both within the organization and in the larger context of the Three Village
area. If you have the hours, we have the project.
Please circle some things that you enjoy doing.
If something is not listed that you are interested in, please add it to the list!!
Social:
Fun and easy:
Meet and greet
On your own time:
Organizational:
Bake fattening things
Create kid’s programs
Plan drop-ins/open houses Data entry
Proof the newsletter
Write for newsletter
Walk Through History
Transcription
Send out PR
Chair a field trip
Apple Fest Spirits Tour
Reception desk
Do Internet research
Education programs
Traffic/parking
Set up at monthly mtg.
Send mail merges
Website work
Fundraisers
Children’s drop-ins
Cut flyers, bookmarkers
Cemetery Preservation
Write copy
Long-range planning
Large mailings
Name: ___________________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________City: ____________________ Zip: ________
Phone: ______________________ Email: ____________________________________________
Other Interests:__________________________________________________________________________
Please send to: Three Village Historical Society Š Box 76, Š East Setauket, NY 11733
Phone: 751-3730 Š Fax: 751-3936
Thank you so much!
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It Takes 3 Villages… and a Few More!
A letter of Appreciation to the
hundreds of individuals and
organizations that joined in to
make every aspect of the Three
Village Historical Society’s
Candlelight House Tour: Then
and Now 2007, a great success.
The tour is now history, but what
a magical and memorable event
took place on November 30th and
December 1st! The tour represents
the Society’s main fundraising effort; the proceeds of
which allow us to continue to provide award-winning New
York State curriculum-based educational programming to
Long Island’s K-12 students as well as to the general
public.
I am overwhelmed with the generous spirit of all involved
and would like to express my sincere thanks to all the
people of the Three Villages and surrounding towns who
made this possible. I have made every effort to include
everyone, so please forgive me if I have inadvertently
omitted anyone:
Vogt of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, State Bank of Long
Island, Daniel & Virginia Jacoby of Wells Fargo Home
Mortgage, Kerrie MacIntyre, Countrywide Home Loans,
Virginia O’Dwyer Real Estate; Sponsors: Sweet Leaf
Boutique, Jefferson Ferry Lifecare Retirement Community,
Harbor Village at Mt. Sinai, Strong Point Productions;
Corporate Members: Unique Cleaners, Jos. M. Troffa
Landscape & Mason Supply; House Chair Coordinators:
Kim Korman and Kim Parbst; Decorating Coordinator:
Christine Petrone; Ticket: Barbara Russell and Paul
D’Amico; Fundraising: Michael O’Dwyer; Cuisine:
Patricia Yantz; Ticket Sales: Barbara Lynch and Karin
Lynch; Volunteer Coordinator: Donna Higgins; Traffic
Coordinators: Bruce McCauley and John Yantz; Traffic
Volunteers; Facilities: Hap Barnes; Music Coordinator:
Tracy Scutari; the Musicians; Photography: Beverly C.
Tyler; Merchandise: Margo Arceri; Staff: Sarah Abruzzi,
Karen Martin, Betty Domino; House Chairs: Barbara
Heaphy, Mary Negra, Elizabeth Greaf, Carol Lane, Janette
Handley, Joan Miaritis, Barbara Gray, Kathy Polito, Norma
Stewart, Marge Riggio, Donna Cappuccio, Julie
Parmegiani, Karin Ryon, Pat Vitale, Carol Russell, Karin
Lynch, Millie Mastrion; Home Decorators: Michelle
Gaughran, Loretta Ruplin, Alexandra Leighton of Garden
Schemes, Leighton Coleman of Leighton Associates,
Louise Mercer of The Tender Thicket, Joan Bloom,
Marilyn Light, Jean McCarroll, Embellish, Gina LaRosa,
Marcie D’Aguanno, Elaine Stow, Clare Treder, Christine
Petrone, Julie’s Home and Garden Accessories of St.
James, Friends of the Long Island Museum, Donna
Grossman Designs, Michelle Mancuso of Samantha Drew,
Julie O’Brien, J. Fitzgerald Home; Cuisine Sponsors:
Oscar’s St. James, Bliss Restaurant, The Three Village Inn,
Ruvo Restaurant and Bar, The Old Field Club, Fratelli’s;
Starbucks, Strathmore Bagels; Suzy Roberts, Tom Hess of
The Old Field Club; Kathy Duffy, The Miaritis Family of
The Three Village Inn; Rolling Pin Bakery; De Ma Wines
& Liquors; Raffle Prize Donations: J. Fitzgerald Home,
Kathy Hart of Cow Harbor, Patty Cain, Wayne Mercer,
Elizabeth Greaf, Barbara Dragone, Hamlet Pet Supply,
Michele Gaughran, Louise Mercer, Donna Smith, Margo
Arceri; Kathryn Mandrais of The Times Beacon Record
Newspapers, Jackie Day of the Long Island Museum; Hap
Barnes’ Antique Cars; and all 150 of the Docents.
President of the Three Village Historical Society Pat
Kunder, Director Sarah Abruzzi, Office Assistant Betty
Domino, The Officers of the Three Village Historical
Society: Margo Arceri, Kathy Larsen, Karin Lynch, Dr.
Frank Turano; The Board of Trustees of the Three Village
Historical Society: Peter Baigent, Fred Bryant, Anne
DeVault, Barbara Gray, Al Lewandowski, Marie Mordeno,
Michael O’Dwyer, Richard Russell, Donna Smith and
Patricia Yantz; The Homeowners: Ferdinand and Loretta
Ruplin, Christopher and Martina Matkovic, Gene E.
Mundie, Nancy and Bernard Portnoy, Susan and John
Folan, and The Dragone Family; Monastery of the Holy
Cross: Archimandrite Maximos, Abbot, Father John; The
Stony Brook Yacht Club: Al Van Horn, Commodore; The
Three Village Garden Club; Program Sponsors: Bryant
Funeral Home, Inc., Long Hill Carpentry Inc., Times
Beacon Record Newspapers; House Sponsors: Anthony
Vitale of Coach at Setauket Harbor, Glynn, Mercep and
Purcell, LLP, Knapp-Swezey Foundation, Michael & Marie Marie Ann Mordeno
Ardolino of Coldwell Banker, Daniel Gale Sotheby’s CHT '07 Then and Now Event Chair
International Realty, Astoria Federal Savings, Michael
Trustee of the Three Village Historical Society
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Photos of the 2007 CLHT courtesy of Bev Tyler.
From top left-clock wise: the Ruplin’s home, the
Stony Brook Yacht Club, the Dragone’s home, the
Portnoy’s home, the Folan’s home, the Monastery,
of the Holy Cross, the Matkovic home, and the
Mundie’s home.
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Save the Date
1/21/08
2/18/08
3/17/08
4/21/08
Members Meeting & Election
of Officers
Members Meeting
Annual Awards Dinner
Members Meeting & Pot Luck
Dinner
OUR WINTER EVENTS
AND PROGRAMS
Three Village Historical Society
PO Box 76
East Setauket, NY 11733-0076
Non-Profit Org
U.S. Mail
Permit No. 88
E. Setauket, NY
11733