Fernbank News: 8/13/1927
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FERNBANK NEWS.
Woods Hole, Mass.
August 13th, 14th, or later as convenient.
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The courses at the Marine Biological Laboratory closed on Monday. Most of the investigators are still here. The attendance this year at the M.B.L. is the largest in its history, but it cannot be any larger as all the rooms are full. There are 275 investigators registered here this year. There were about 125 in the courses.
THE CHORAL CLUB CONCERT.
The Choral Club made its first public appearance last Monday night. Owing to the fact that the rehearsals are held at the M.B.L. Club the club has been much in the public ear, so that the general public was not expecting much from it. Two secret rehearsals were held Sunday at the auditorium and as a result the club dazzled the public with the excellence of its singing. The director, Mr. Gorikhoff is an expert at the final licking into shape.
The following program was given:
A Legend....P. Tschaikowsky
Praise the name of the Lord.....Ivanoff
O Gladsome Light.....A. Arkhangelsky
Cherubim Song.....G. Musitcheskoo
Hear my Prayer.....A. Archangelsky
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The Farmer's Daughters.....Traditional
O, if Mother Volga.....S.W. Panchenko
Tell me where is Fancy Bred.....M. Hodge
The Two Corbies.....Robertson
I sowed the Seeds of Love.....Hampshire folk song.
The Gipsy.....W. Zolotarioff
It was gathered from comment afterwards that none of the audience had expected to enjoy the concert, as the reports from the rehearsals had not led people to expect much. It was a bad night with heavy rain, but there was a good attendance; over 300 were there.
The club has begun practice for next year's concert; both the conductor and the club are taking the rehearsals more seriously than those for the last concert.
Woods Hole, Mass.
August 13th, 14th, or later as convenient.
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The courses at the Marine Biological Laboratory closed on Monday. Most of the investigators are still here. The attendance this year at the M.B.L. is the largest in its history, but it cannot be any larger as all the rooms are full. There are 275 investigators registered here this year. There were about 125 in the courses.
THE CHORAL CLUB CONCERT.
The Choral Club made its first public appearance last Monday night. Owing to the fact that the rehearsals are held at the M.B.L. Club the club has been much in the public ear, so that the general public was not expecting much from it. Two secret rehearsals were held Sunday at the auditorium and as a result the club dazzled the public with the excellence of its singing. The director, Mr. Gorikhoff is an expert at the final licking into shape.
The following program was given:
A Legend....P. Tschaikowsky
Praise the name of the Lord.....Ivanoff
O Gladsome Light.....A. Arkhangelsky
Cherubim Song.....G. Musitcheskoo
Hear my Prayer.....A. Archangelsky
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The Farmer's Daughters.....Traditional
O, if Mother Volga.....S.W. Panchenko
Tell me where is Fancy Bred.....M. Hodge
The Two Corbies.....Robertson
I sowed the Seeds of Love.....Hampshire folk song.
The Gipsy.....W. Zolotarioff
It was gathered from comment afterwards that none of the audience had expected to enjoy the concert, as the reports from the rehearsals had not led people to expect much. It was a bad night with heavy rain, but there was a good attendance; over 300 were there.
The club has begun practice for next year's concert; both the conductor and the club are taking the rehearsals more seriously than those for the last concert.
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Weather. So so. During the last two weeks we have seen 4 or 5 consecutive days on which it did not rain. Several of the days were of the type which the true Woods Holer calls typical - bright and fair, with very blue sky. In between times it rained furiously and inopportunely. Several days were hot and humid. On the whole the weather has shown considerable improvement, and we are feeling more cheerful on the subject than in our last issue.
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Gardiner Road News. Roger Stokey, Ed.
The two houses that were empty the Sunday before last, some people have moved into them. R.P.S.
Mr. Schramm hasn't lived in his cottage this summer but he is here this week. Dr. Fogg has moved into his cottage. R.P.S.
Dick and Theodore Clapp, Billy, Margaret and Roger Stokey put a square sail on Dr. Clapp's boat. R.P.S.
(Owing to difficulties both in management and construction, the sail was not permanent. A.G.S.)
Aunt Alma got an air mail and about 3 days afterwards we saw an air mail plane. (Billy says it could not have been, as an air mail plane would not be doing dives and circles, but Roger will qualify the above statement only to the extent of saying that it might have been air mail plane. A.G.S.) R.P.S.
(The air mail was about a position for Lenette Rogers; the letter came from Salt Lake City in two days.)
Everybody doesn't know that Billy got $5.00 in gold for winning the state music contest in Atlanta and Milledgeville. R.P.S.
On the way coming we rode on the "City of Atlanta." R.P.S.
Roger Stokey has a stenographer; she disclaims reponsibility for grammar, but will look after his spelling and punctuation. A.G.S.
Weather. So so. During the last two weeks we have seen 4 or 5 consecutive days on which it did not rain. Several of the days were of the type which the true Woods Holer calls typical - bright and fair, with very blue sky. In between times it rained furiously and inopportunely. Several days were hot and humid. On the whole the weather has shown considerable improvement, and we are feeling more cheerful on the subject than in our last issue.
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Gardiner Road News. Roger Stokey, Ed.
The two houses that were empty the Sunday before last, some people have moved into them. R.P.S.
Mr. Schramm hasn't lived in his cottage this summer but he is here this week. Dr. Fogg has moved into his cottage. R.P.S.
Dick and Theodore Clapp, Billy, Margaret and Roger Stokey put a square sail on Dr. Clapp's boat. R.P.S.
(Owing to difficulties both in management and construction, the sail was not permanent. A.G.S.)
Aunt Alma got an air mail and about 3 days afterwards we saw an air mail plane. (Billy says it could not have been, as an air mail plane would not be doing dives and circles, but Roger will qualify the above statement only to the extent of saying that it might have been air mail plane. A.G.S.) R.P.S.
(The air mail was about a position for Lenette Rogers; the letter came from Salt Lake City in two days.)
Everybody doesn't know that Billy got $5.00 in gold for winning the state music contest in Atlanta and Milledgeville. R.P.S.
On the way coming we rode on the "City of Atlanta." R.P.S.
Roger Stokey has a stenographer; she disclaims reponsibility for grammar, but will look after his spelling and punctuation. A.G.S.
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SOCIETY NEWS.
Kathleen Stokey, Editor.
Mr. Uncle Fred is going to get married. We don't know when. We got a letter to-day. I hope he gets married over here so we can be in his wedding. He is going to marry Miss Sybil Hoshing. K.S.
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Miss Doris Wilson got married August 5th. Her name is Mrs. Helwig. She sent us a postcard yesterday. She is at Atlantic City now. She goes in swimming. I know it because the postcard has a beach. She visited in Fernbank this summer. K.S.
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Miss Nereide Bonnell was married to Mr. Walcott Dennis on Aug. 11th. She is a sister of Miss Anna Bonnell who was assistant in Botany at Mt. Holyoke College for 3 years. Both of them belonged to the corps of interior decorators who came to Fernbank in the spring of 1922 (when the thermometer went down to 2 and the wind blew furiously) and did the inside painting. Anna painted windows and walls, while Nereide painted all the doors. A.G.S.
Mrs. Evans, Miss Stokey, Miss Margeret Stokey, Miss Kathleen Stokey, Mr. B. Stokey and Mr. R. Stokey are giving Mrs. Stokey a birthday party, Aug. 11th. K.S.
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There was a picnic at Nobska on Saturday, Aug. 13th. All the family, Miss Hogue, Mrs. Van Doorn and Miss Stewart were there. Miss Stewart took the supper over in her car. Mrs. Bullowa who was over there to look at the full moon brought Billy, Kathleen and Roger home in her car.
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Mrs. Stokey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Van Doorn and Miss Stokey made four calls Sunday afternoon - that is a record breaking performance, the more remarkable in that three of the calls had to be made twice the same afternoon in order to find their friends at home.
SOCIETY NEWS.
Kathleen Stokey, Editor.
Mr. Uncle Fred is going to get married. We don't know when. We got a letter to-day. I hope he gets married over here so we can be in his wedding. He is going to marry Miss Sybil Hoshing. K.S.
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Miss Doris Wilson got married August 5th. Her name is Mrs. Helwig. She sent us a postcard yesterday. She is at Atlantic City now. She goes in swimming. I know it because the postcard has a beach. She visited in Fernbank this summer. K.S.
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Miss Nereide Bonnell was married to Mr. Walcott Dennis on Aug. 11th. She is a sister of Miss Anna Bonnell who was assistant in Botany at Mt. Holyoke College for 3 years. Both of them belonged to the corps of interior decorators who came to Fernbank in the spring of 1922 (when the thermometer went down to 2 and the wind blew furiously) and did the inside painting. Anna painted windows and walls, while Nereide painted all the doors. A.G.S.
Mrs. Evans, Miss Stokey, Miss Margeret Stokey, Miss Kathleen Stokey, Mr. B. Stokey and Mr. R. Stokey are giving Mrs. Stokey a birthday party, Aug. 11th. K.S.
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There was a picnic at Nobska on Saturday, Aug. 13th. All the family, Miss Hogue, Mrs. Van Doorn and Miss Stewart were there. Miss Stewart took the supper over in her car. Mrs. Bullowa who was over there to look at the full moon brought Billy, Kathleen and Roger home in her car.
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Mrs. Stokey, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Van Doorn and Miss Stokey made four calls Sunday afternoon - that is a record breaking performance, the more remarkable in that three of the calls had to be made twice the same afternoon in order to find their friends at home.
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Woods Hole News, especially items relating to Falling In.
Billy Stokey fell into the Millpond Sunday, Aug. 7th, when a board slid off the end of Miss Clapp's dock. It was up to his shoulders. B.F.S.
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George Wallace who is staying in Dr. Lyon's larger cottage, was fishing off the Cayadetta wharf when his line was caught on the bottom. He pulled on it and fell over backwards. He could not swim. A man in a row boat went over and saved him. He was not hurt. George is eight. B.F.S.
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Miss Mary Hogue who lived in Fernbank during part of the summer of 1924, is visiting in Woods Hole. She picnicked with the Fernbank household on Saturday, Aug. 13th, and spent the evening afterward sitting in the livingroom watching the full moon and discussing items of interest.
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Miss Abby Turner, who has been engaged in research at the M.B.L. this summer, leaves for Canada Aug. 15th. Friday night she and Miss Haywood took Mrs. Stokey, Billy and Roger Stokey for a row in the Great Harbor.
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Mrs. Van Doorn went to Vineyard Haven on Saturday and returned on Tuesday. She leaves for Maine on an early train on Monday, Aug. 15th.
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The Biological group of the National Research Council met in Woods Hole, Aug. 8 and 9. Some of our favorite botanists were in attendance.
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The Oberlin people in Woods Hole had a party at the M.B.L. club, Wednesday, Aug. 3. It was a lobster supper. The company was interesting, the food abundant and excellent. There were about 20 there.
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Mrs. Stokey returned from a trip to Boston Monday, Aug. 8, after having raised our hopes for both Friday and Saturday. She saw both her sister and brother while there.
Woods Hole News, especially items relating to Falling In.
Billy Stokey fell into the Millpond Sunday, Aug. 7th, when a board slid off the end of Miss Clapp's dock. It was up to his shoulders. B.F.S.
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George Wallace who is staying in Dr. Lyon's larger cottage, was fishing off the Cayadetta wharf when his line was caught on the bottom. He pulled on it and fell over backwards. He could not swim. A man in a row boat went over and saved him. He was not hurt. George is eight. B.F.S.
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Miss Mary Hogue who lived in Fernbank during part of the summer of 1924, is visiting in Woods Hole. She picnicked with the Fernbank household on Saturday, Aug. 13th, and spent the evening afterward sitting in the livingroom watching the full moon and discussing items of interest.
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Miss Abby Turner, who has been engaged in research at the M.B.L. this summer, leaves for Canada Aug. 15th. Friday night she and Miss Haywood took Mrs. Stokey, Billy and Roger Stokey for a row in the Great Harbor.
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Mrs. Van Doorn went to Vineyard Haven on Saturday and returned on Tuesday. She leaves for Maine on an early train on Monday, Aug. 15th.
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The Biological group of the National Research Council met in Woods Hole, Aug. 8 and 9. Some of our favorite botanists were in attendance.
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The Oberlin people in Woods Hole had a party at the M.B.L. club, Wednesday, Aug. 3. It was a lobster supper. The company was interesting, the food abundant and excellent. There were about 20 there.
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Mrs. Stokey returned from a trip to Boston Monday, Aug. 8, after having raised our hopes for both Friday and Saturday. She saw both her sister and brother while there.
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SPORTING NEWS
Editor, Billy Stokey.
Aunt Eva and Margaret went to Falmouth in the bus on Wednesday, and rode back on bicycles. It took them an hour to ride back.
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Roger can swim farther than he used to be able to. Yesterday he swam the length of the bath-house and only put down his feet four times. R.P.S.
Roger made notable progress during the past week. When the last issue went to press he did not progress at all while swimming; now he can swim about 20 ft., batting the water vigorously the while, closing his eyes and throwing back his head. He makes his start by diving off a rock. A.G.S.
The favorite swimming place this week owing to the high tides prevailing in afternoon, has been at the west end of the bath house where there are rocks which make good diving platforms.
Aug. 9. A.G.S.
Billy and Roger got some racing sailboats. They are twin boats and their name is "Pygmy." Mother brought them from Boston. R.P.S.
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Kathleen swam the length of the bathhouse with putting her feet down once and skidding once. She thinks she will try to swim it tomorrow without putting her feet down any time and without skidding. Kathleen can dive backward off the rock and did it very well the first time, also very well frontwards. K.S.
Surface water diving is in favor with the younger generation. A.G.S.
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Saturday Kathleen swam the length of the bathhouse (120? ft.) accompanied by her trainer. The first time she changed from breast to back stroke frequently, but the second time she did not change to her back more than three times. A.G.S.
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Another orchid (Habenaria lacera) was discovered Sunday at the south of the house, but we do not know yet whether or not it is within the Fernbank boundary lines.
SPORTING NEWS
Editor, Billy Stokey.
Aunt Eva and Margaret went to Falmouth in the bus on Wednesday, and rode back on bicycles. It took them an hour to ride back.
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Roger can swim farther than he used to be able to. Yesterday he swam the length of the bath-house and only put down his feet four times. R.P.S.
Roger made notable progress during the past week. When the last issue went to press he did not progress at all while swimming; now he can swim about 20 ft., batting the water vigorously the while, closing his eyes and throwing back his head. He makes his start by diving off a rock. A.G.S.
The favorite swimming place this week owing to the high tides prevailing in afternoon, has been at the west end of the bath house where there are rocks which make good diving platforms.
Aug. 9. A.G.S.
Billy and Roger got some racing sailboats. They are twin boats and their name is "Pygmy." Mother brought them from Boston. R.P.S.
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Kathleen swam the length of the bathhouse with putting her feet down once and skidding once. She thinks she will try to swim it tomorrow without putting her feet down any time and without skidding. Kathleen can dive backward off the rock and did it very well the first time, also very well frontwards. K.S.
Surface water diving is in favor with the younger generation. A.G.S.
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Saturday Kathleen swam the length of the bathhouse (120? ft.) accompanied by her trainer. The first time she changed from breast to back stroke frequently, but the second time she did not change to her back more than three times. A.G.S.
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Another orchid (Habenaria lacera) was discovered Sunday at the south of the house, but we do not know yet whether or not it is within the Fernbank boundary lines.
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BOAT RACES.
Dick Clapp, Billy and Roger Stokey had some boat races Tuesday. Roger won 2, Dick, 2 and Billy not any. Two were held to-day. Dick and Theodore Clapp, Roger and Billy Stokey were in them. Theodore won both of them. Billy's and Roger's boats are "Pygmies" which are in the 12 in. class; Dick's is in the 15 inch class; the name is "Flying Cloud." Theodore's which is the "Ida" is about the 24 inch class. B.F.S.
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Roger continues to make progress in swimming but still swims with his eyes shut. To-day he swam in the surf, trying it both with the waves and against them. He swam about 40 ft. Sunday. He says he can do the crawl but his arguments are not convincing. A.G.S.
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All the editors of this paper can now use the word "communicated" with ease and precision. They are still in the amateur class as they have not yet adopted the word "laud" nor do they refer to all persons over 20 as "aged."
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Miss Dorothy Stewart took Mrs. Van Doorn and Mrs. Evans for a ride down the Cape on Friday. They went as far as Chatham. They took a picnic lunch for their noon meal but ate at "The Black Duck" in the evening. Mrs. Stokey and Miss Alma Stokey were shocked almost speechless when they heard that Mrs. Evans had had tomato bisque and a ham sandwich instead of delicacies more appropriate to Cape Cod. Mrs. Evans offered as an explanation of her delinquency the extenuating facts that she does not like clam chowder and that she had been eating popcorn and ice cream.
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Three white cedars (Chaemacyparis thyoides) have been planted on the Fernbank grounds. Their total height is about 10 inches. They were brought from a swamp on Naushon.
The White Pepperbush (Clethra) is in bloom now. The one at the S.W. corner of the house which had to be protected from dogs by stakes, is now so large that the stakes are completely lost.
BOAT RACES.
Dick Clapp, Billy and Roger Stokey had some boat races Tuesday. Roger won 2, Dick, 2 and Billy not any. Two were held to-day. Dick and Theodore Clapp, Roger and Billy Stokey were in them. Theodore won both of them. Billy's and Roger's boats are "Pygmies" which are in the 12 in. class; Dick's is in the 15 inch class; the name is "Flying Cloud." Theodore's which is the "Ida" is about the 24 inch class. B.F.S.
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Roger continues to make progress in swimming but still swims with his eyes shut. To-day he swam in the surf, trying it both with the waves and against them. He swam about 40 ft. Sunday. He says he can do the crawl but his arguments are not convincing. A.G.S.
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All the editors of this paper can now use the word "communicated" with ease and precision. They are still in the amateur class as they have not yet adopted the word "laud" nor do they refer to all persons over 20 as "aged."
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Miss Dorothy Stewart took Mrs. Van Doorn and Mrs. Evans for a ride down the Cape on Friday. They went as far as Chatham. They took a picnic lunch for their noon meal but ate at "The Black Duck" in the evening. Mrs. Stokey and Miss Alma Stokey were shocked almost speechless when they heard that Mrs. Evans had had tomato bisque and a ham sandwich instead of delicacies more appropriate to Cape Cod. Mrs. Evans offered as an explanation of her delinquency the extenuating facts that she does not like clam chowder and that she had been eating popcorn and ice cream.
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Three white cedars (Chaemacyparis thyoides) have been planted on the Fernbank grounds. Their total height is about 10 inches. They were brought from a swamp on Naushon.
The White Pepperbush (Clethra) is in bloom now. The one at the S.W. corner of the house which had to be protected from dogs by stakes, is now so large that the stakes are completely lost.
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Nobska Lighthouse.
The Fernbankers went to Nobska Lighthouse Monday afternoon. The keeper was not communicative at first, but on being pried with many questions he opened up and told about life at the lighthouse.
He also told about the freight boat that had gone aground during a snowstorm last winter off Naushon, and which was finally taken off last week. He confirmed Billy and Roger in the idea that what was needed was more tugs, by telling them that it took three.
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The Millpond is very high to-day. We have just had another vigorous rain. The Algae is disappearing.
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Miss Madeline Munro of London is expected at Fernbank Friday morning. She has been in the country visiting schools of education. She has been at Teachers College for the past few weeks.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
DOLL HOSPITAL, conducted by Miss Alma Stokey. Arms and Legs restored with great success.
Reference: Miss Kathleen Stokey.
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Miss Kathleen Stokey makes the following announcement:
Roger and Kathleen Stokey have established a Fernbank Training Commission, and the things that we train are flowers and the things that we would like to have.
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Nobska Lighthouse.
The Fernbankers went to Nobska Lighthouse Monday afternoon. The keeper was not communicative at first, but on being pried with many questions he opened up and told about life at the lighthouse.
He also told about the freight boat that had gone aground during a snowstorm last winter off Naushon, and which was finally taken off last week. He confirmed Billy and Roger in the idea that what was needed was more tugs, by telling them that it took three.
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The Millpond is very high to-day. We have just had another vigorous rain. The Algae is disappearing.
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Miss Madeline Munro of London is expected at Fernbank Friday morning. She has been in the country visiting schools of education. She has been at Teachers College for the past few weeks.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
DOLL HOSPITAL, conducted by Miss Alma Stokey. Arms and Legs restored with great success.
Reference: Miss Kathleen Stokey.
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Miss Kathleen Stokey makes the following announcement:
Roger and Kathleen Stokey have established a Fernbank Training Commission, and the things that we train are flowers and the things that we would like to have.
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Bicycling.
Among the young people, bicycling is the order of the day. All are eligible who can reach the pedals; this restricts the sport to Margaret and Billy. Billy learned to ride in a short time last Friday afternoon. Errands have risen in favor. Every letter is carried to the Post Office separately. Some people have not yet tried the sport - even one of the owners is a bit coy.
Billy is engaged in constructing a parking rack for the bicycles.
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GARDENING
Miss Alma Stokey has established a fern and orchid preserve on the Fernbank estate.
Roger Stokey has gone into rose culture. He has one pet shoot which he raised from a branch; it has one leaflet, but is the object of tender care.
Kathleen and Roger Stokey have taken over the section of the grounds adjoining the Bathingsuit Clothline plot and are clearing it out preparatory to using it for a nursery for roses and other choice plants. They cut the grass with scissors and used pruning shears for the heavier growth.
Miss Alma Stokey rescued two more or less beautiful specimens of honeysuckle from the Town-Dump-Park, and has established them at Fernbank where they are being encouraged to forget their humble origin. She also added four more Cinnamon Ferns to the thriving colony at Fernbank.
Bicycling.
Among the young people, bicycling is the order of the day. All are eligible who can reach the pedals; this restricts the sport to Margaret and Billy. Billy learned to ride in a short time last Friday afternoon. Errands have risen in favor. Every letter is carried to the Post Office separately. Some people have not yet tried the sport - even one of the owners is a bit coy.
Billy is engaged in constructing a parking rack for the bicycles.
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GARDENING
Miss Alma Stokey has established a fern and orchid preserve on the Fernbank estate.
Roger Stokey has gone into rose culture. He has one pet shoot which he raised from a branch; it has one leaflet, but is the object of tender care.
Kathleen and Roger Stokey have taken over the section of the grounds adjoining the Bathingsuit Clothline plot and are clearing it out preparatory to using it for a nursery for roses and other choice plants. They cut the grass with scissors and used pruning shears for the heavier growth.
Miss Alma Stokey rescued two more or less beautiful specimens of honeysuckle from the Town-Dump-Park, and has established them at Fernbank where they are being encouraged to forget their humble origin. She also added four more Cinnamon Ferns to the thriving colony at Fernbank.
1927-08-13: audio---images---comment---transcript---~NOTES~---links---site navigation
1.
I'm still working on uploading the Fernbank News to this website.
You can find all the available Fernbank News editions in:
2.
The Choral Club made its first public appearance last Monday night. Owing to the fact that the rehearsals are held at the M.B.L. Club the club has been much in the public ear, so that the general public was not expecting much from it. Two secret rehearsals were held Sunday at the auditorium and as a result the club dazzled the public with the excellence of its singing. The director, Mr. Gorikhoff is an expert at the final licking into shape.
Boris Gorokhoff is in the Non-Family page on this website for Woods Hole folks.
3.
Dick and Theodore Clapp, Billy, Margaret and Roger Stokey put a square sail on Dr. Clapp's boat.
Cornelia Clapp is the Non-Family pages on this website for both South Hadley folks and Woods Hole folks.
4.
(The air mail was about a position for Lenette Rogers; the letter came from Salt Lake City in two days.)
Lenette Rogers Atkinson is in the Non-Family page on this website for South Hadley folks.
5.
Everybody doesn't know that Billy got $5.00 in gold for winning the state music contest in Atlanta and Milledgeville.
It seems to me I should be able to find a newspaper item about this. I'll be keeping an eye out for it.
6.
Mr. Uncle Fred is going to get married.
Uncle Fred is still Mr. Uncle Fred - see I don't know why it wasn't Mr. Fred Stokey.
7.
Mrs. Evans, Miss Stokey, Miss Margeret Stokey, Miss Kathleen Stokey, Mr. B. Stokey and Mr. R. Stokey are giving Mrs. Stokey a birthday party, Aug. 11th.
Mrs. Stokey - Kathleen the elder - turned 39 on August 11, 1927.
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There was a picnic at Nobska on Saturday, Aug. 13th. All the family, Miss Hogue, Mrs. Van Doorn and Miss Stewart were there.
There are Van Doorns on the Non-family page for Woods Hole folks on this website. I don't know enough about Miss Stewart to include her. (Not that I really know much about the Van Doorns.)
9.
Mrs. Stokey returned from a trip to Boston Monday, Aug. 8, after having raised our hopes for both Friday and Saturday. She saw both her sister and brother while there.
The sister and brother were, of course, Ruth and Cecil Farmer. We have a letter that Billy wrote to his mother while she was gone:
10.
Miss Madeline Munro of London is expected at Fernbank Friday morning. She has been in the country visiting schools of education. She has been at Teachers College for the past few weeks.
Miss Munro is in the Non-Family page on this website for Woods Hole folks.
I'm still working on uploading the Fernbank News to this website.
- The previous News in the series is: 1927-07-31 FERNBANK NEWS
- The next News in the series is: 1927-08-22 FERNBANK NEWS
You can find all the available Fernbank News editions in:
2.
The Choral Club made its first public appearance last Monday night. Owing to the fact that the rehearsals are held at the M.B.L. Club the club has been much in the public ear, so that the general public was not expecting much from it. Two secret rehearsals were held Sunday at the auditorium and as a result the club dazzled the public with the excellence of its singing. The director, Mr. Gorikhoff is an expert at the final licking into shape.
Boris Gorokhoff is in the Non-Family page on this website for Woods Hole folks.
3.
Dick and Theodore Clapp, Billy, Margaret and Roger Stokey put a square sail on Dr. Clapp's boat.
Cornelia Clapp is the Non-Family pages on this website for both South Hadley folks and Woods Hole folks.
4.
(The air mail was about a position for Lenette Rogers; the letter came from Salt Lake City in two days.)
Lenette Rogers Atkinson is in the Non-Family page on this website for South Hadley folks.
5.
Everybody doesn't know that Billy got $5.00 in gold for winning the state music contest in Atlanta and Milledgeville.
It seems to me I should be able to find a newspaper item about this. I'll be keeping an eye out for it.
6.
Mr. Uncle Fred is going to get married.
Uncle Fred is still Mr. Uncle Fred - see I don't know why it wasn't Mr. Fred Stokey.
7.
Mrs. Evans, Miss Stokey, Miss Margeret Stokey, Miss Kathleen Stokey, Mr. B. Stokey and Mr. R. Stokey are giving Mrs. Stokey a birthday party, Aug. 11th.
Mrs. Stokey - Kathleen the elder - turned 39 on August 11, 1927.
8.
There was a picnic at Nobska on Saturday, Aug. 13th. All the family, Miss Hogue, Mrs. Van Doorn and Miss Stewart were there.
There are Van Doorns on the Non-family page for Woods Hole folks on this website. I don't know enough about Miss Stewart to include her. (Not that I really know much about the Van Doorns.)
9.
Mrs. Stokey returned from a trip to Boston Monday, Aug. 8, after having raised our hopes for both Friday and Saturday. She saw both her sister and brother while there.
The sister and brother were, of course, Ruth and Cecil Farmer. We have a letter that Billy wrote to his mother while she was gone:
10.
Miss Madeline Munro of London is expected at Fernbank Friday morning. She has been in the country visiting schools of education. She has been at Teachers College for the past few weeks.
Miss Munro is in the Non-Family page on this website for Woods Hole folks.
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