116 high street portland, maine 04101

116 HIGH STREET
PORTLAND, MAINE 04101
116 High Street, Portland, Maine 04101
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207.773.6402
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www.cumberlandclub.org
newsletter
SUMMER 2011
Established 1877 | Celebrating Our 133rd Year
Message from the President
At last it is summer in Maine, and it is our duty to enjoy every minute we can!
On June 23, 2011, the Cumberland Club had its Annual Meeting. At these
meetings we generally have a fairly good turnout of interested club members
and this year I was pleased to see many new faces. We proceeded through
the regular agenda and after the Treasurer’s report there was a lively and
lengthy discussion and question and answer period about the payables due
to the club in unpaid dues and costs of services from our members.
PRESIDENT
Penelope P. Carson
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VICE PRESIDENT
Brian Petrovek
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SECRETARY
Matthew Goldfarb
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TREASURER
Richard Emerson
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CLUB MANAGER
Steven Hayward
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Specifically, The Board of Directors was directed, by a unanimous vote of the
membership, to carry out the rules as stated in Article III Section 6 of our ByLaws, which states in part: If any member shall for forty-five days after the
date of any bill rendered for any liability which the member has contracted
to the Club, including liability for dues, neglect to make payment of same,
their names may be posted by the Treasurer in a conspicuous place in the
Clubhouse and the member shall receive no further credit until their liabilities
are paid.
These liabilities currently stand at $ 25,000. The balance owed the club by
former members is $12,120.00. The balance for current members that is over
90 days is $13,000.00.
Consequently, as stated in our By-Laws, a list of names owing amounts past
due has been posted in the lobby.
We are looking forward to the arrival of our new General Manager. Steven
Hayward will begin his duties at our club on July 25, 201. Steven is originally
from New England and he is looking forward to beginning his duties at
our club. Steven has worked in private clubs for many years and he looking
forward to meeting our members so please introduce yourself to him when
you come to your club.
We bid good-bye to Johnny Robinson, our interim manager, whose job has
now been completed. Thank you to Johnny from me and the membership for
“holding the fort” during this transition period.
Penny
Penelope P. Carson
President
SCENE AT THE CLUB
MEMBER
BENEFITS
Use your Club membership card to save at these local
businesses:
Harmon & Barton’s Florist, Portland: 10% off local sales
to Club Members.
Akari Salon & Spa, Portland: 5% discount on all services
and retail.
Century Tire, Portland: 10% off all tires and auto parts
(not including labor).
Custom Coach & Limousine, Portland: 10% off standard
rates.
Emerald City, Portland: 10% off any purchase over $25.
Joseph’s, Portland: 10% off suits, suit coats and dress
pants.
Lovely Things, Portland: 5% discount.
Portland Harbor Hotel, Portland: Reserve an overnight
stay in the Old Port at preferred rates.
Springer’s Jewelers, Portland: $100 off any purchase of
$500 or more.
At the June 23 General Membership Meeting, Club members
unanimously re-elected Penelope Carson President, Richard
Emerson Treasurer and Matthew Goldfarb Secretary.
Club
names
new manager
The Sudbury Inn, Bethel: 10% off published rates.
Steven
H ayward,currently
Executive Director of the Hawthorne Golf & Country Club in
Fishers, Indiana, a suburb of
Indianapolis, has been selected
General Manager of the
Cumberland Club from a
field of over seventy
prospective candidates.
Hayward has headed operations at
the Hawthorne Club since 2009,
after joining the staff there as Assistant Manager and Director of
Catering in 1998.
Prior to that, he worked for the
Marriott Corporation’s Atlanta
Market Center as Catering Director, overseeing catering services
at a
four-building complex in downtown
Atlanta. Also with Marriott,
Hayward managed the Faculty Club
dining room at the Harvard
Business School in Boston.
A Massachusetts native, Hayward
graduated from Johnson & Wales
University in Providence with a
Bachelor of Science degree in hotel/
restaurant and institutional
management.
“We’re pleased with the choice of the
selection committee,” said Cumberland Club President Penelope
Carson. “We were looking for very
specific skills and Steven has them
all. He’s excited about coming back
to New England, and we look forward to
welcoming him to Maine.”
Hayward assumed his new duties at
the Cumberland Club in late July.
Club Trivia
On November 7, 1892, the Secretary of the Cumberland Club announced that bulletins of the U.S. presidential
election would be circulated at the club house on the following evening. This event was only for “members, and
non-residents with cards of admission.” Such important news, via telegraph, would be the most current available
as there was a delay in the printing and distribution of newspapers. In this exciting rematch election, former
President Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat incumbent President Benjamin Harrison (Republican) from Indiana
and candidate James B. Weaver (Populist) from Iowa.
- Courtesy of A.J. Hungerford
Johnny Robinson led us
down some rickety stairs
to the musty basement
and unlocked the door
to the Cumberland Club
wine cellar. It’s about
the size of the Club’s
coat closet, but there
are hundreds of bottles
lined up here, arranged
by vintage, many of them
covered with dust.
“They’re mostly domestic
wines,” says Robinson,
scrutinizing a bottle of
Napa Valley Georges
De Latour 2002 Cabernet, “although we have
one hundred or so nice
Bordeaux wines as well.”
He adds that a decent
Bordeaux will run $80 to
$90 a bottle, “although
many are very acceptable
at under $50.” The cellar
also has a good selec-
tion of white wines and a
smaller number of Port
wines.
So why aren’t Club
members drinking more
from this terrific larder?
Robinson says it may be
that some of us may not
be quite sure what to
order. He plans to make
the Club’s wine list more
accessible to members
by listing its offerings
according to their drinkability:
full-bodied, medium or
light.
“What delights me,” he
says, “is being able to
describe accurately what
to expect from a wine.
When people can mirror
that information with the
experience of drinking
the wine, it’s a winner for
everyone.”
We’ll drink to that!