Fernbank News: 8/27/1927
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The last 1927 Fernbank News before the Atlanta staff returns home.
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1927 was the only year in which there were more than two issues of the Fernbank News.
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FERNBANK NEWS.
Vol. 1, No.3 1/2 or 4.
Woods Hole, Mass.
August 27, 1927.
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TRIP TO GAY HEAD.
On Thursday the Stokeys, Miss Munro and Mrs. Meyer went to Gay Head. They went on the Islander. They landed at Oak Bluffs and took the bus to Gay Head. The bus took about an hour and fifteen minutes. When they got to Gay Head they ate their lunch; next they went down to the beach. They collected all kinds of clay. Miss Munro collected Bryozoon which grows on the Laminaria. After they had collected the clay and other things it was time to go back to the bus. We all had lenses except Mrs. Stokey. They went back to Oak Bluffs by a different route. They went back on the Islander also.
With the clay that Roger got he modelled four bowls and two boats. Billy modelled a bowl and a head. Roger modelled a dog head also; it was a pretty good dog head, too. (B.F.S.)
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MUSICALE AT FERNBANK.
Friday afternoon, August 26th, a very enjoyable recital was given in the livingroom at FERNBANK. The program was as given in our last number of the News with the addition of the Pussy Song by Kathleen and Roger Stokey. The recital was scheduled for 4:30 but owing to various unforeseen contingencies it did not begin until 5. Master Roger Stokey being temperamental in his art decided to withdraw from the program until he understood that refreshments were not served to outsiders. He looked at the Brownies and decided that a Brownie was worth a song (to paraphrase a famous king). Also he had to have his shoes and stockings changed at the last minute owing to an accident referred to in another part of the paper. However, once the musicale had begun it went along smoothly, except for occasional
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FERNBANK NEWS.
Vol. 1, No.3 1/2 or 4.
Woods Hole, Mass.
August 27, 1927.
(column 1)
TRIP TO GAY HEAD.
On Thursday the Stokeys, Miss Munro and Mrs. Meyer went to Gay Head. They went on the Islander. They landed at Oak Bluffs and took the bus to Gay Head. The bus took about an hour and fifteen minutes. When they got to Gay Head they ate their lunch; next they went down to the beach. They collected all kinds of clay. Miss Munro collected Bryozoon which grows on the Laminaria. After they had collected the clay and other things it was time to go back to the bus. We all had lenses except Mrs. Stokey. They went back to Oak Bluffs by a different route. They went back on the Islander also.
With the clay that Roger got he modelled four bowls and two boats. Billy modelled a bowl and a head. Roger modelled a dog head also; it was a pretty good dog head, too. (B.F.S.)
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MUSICALE AT FERNBANK.
Friday afternoon, August 26th, a very enjoyable recital was given in the livingroom at FERNBANK. The program was as given in our last number of the News with the addition of the Pussy Song by Kathleen and Roger Stokey. The recital was scheduled for 4:30 but owing to various unforeseen contingencies it did not begin until 5. Master Roger Stokey being temperamental in his art decided to withdraw from the program until he understood that refreshments were not served to outsiders. He looked at the Brownies and decided that a Brownie was worth a song (to paraphrase a famous king). Also he had to have his shoes and stockings changed at the last minute owing to an accident referred to in another part of the paper. However, once the musicale had begun it went along smoothly, except for occasional
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Weather. Much the same. Wet, cloudy, foggy, misty, then rainy. Cold; 3-4 blanket weather. The best day of the season was Thursday - it was fine, really fine - but there was only one day of it.
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Miss Munro who has been visiting at Fernbank, left Friday morning. Wednesday is the day on which she will sail from Quebec.
------TRIP - TO - GAY - HEAD----------
The Stokeys and Miss Munro were glad to take a trip on the ISLANDER to Gay Head. Mrs. Meyer went, too. It was too bad but Mrs. Evans couldn't go - did not want to go. We took the bus to Gay Head. There they got clays of all colors mixed and separate. ---- I - will - be-glad - to - describe the clays------
-------MIXED---CLAYS------------
Gray, pink, red, yellow, gray and black, black gray, yellow, red
--------SEPARATE CLAYS---------------
Black - gray - pink - red - yellow - white - cream.
That is about all. We came on the ISLANDER and went home on it. (K.S.)
THURSDAY we went to GAY HEAD.
MRS. EVANS SHE DIDN'T GO TO GAY HEAD. WE WENT ON THE BOAT THE ISLANDER TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD. WHEN WE GOT IN THE BEACHNUT BUSS WAS ALREADY THERE. WE TOOK THE BEECHNUT TO GAY HEAD. WHEN WE GOT TO GAY HEAD THERE WAS A MESS, AND WE GOT SOME WATER AND WE HAD SOME SANDWICHES THAT WE BROUGHT. AFTER WE HAD OUR LUNCH WE WENT UP ON A HILL HIGHER THAN THE PLACE WHERE WE WERE. WE SAW SOME INDIAN CHILDREN SELLING SOME THINGS MODELLED OUT OF CLAY. THEY CALLED IT GAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY COLORS THERE. WE GOT SOME OF EVERY COLOR WE COULD FIND. AFTER WE HAD DONE THAT IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME. WE BOUGHT SOME THINGS FROM THE INDIAN CHILDREN WHO MODELLED THINGS OUT OF THE CLAY. WE GOT SOME WATER BEFORE WE WENT TO THE BEECHNUT BUS. WE WENT TO OAK BLUFFS AND THEN WE GOT OFF. EACH OF THE CHILDREN HAD HALF OF AN ICE COLD DRINK. THEN WE WENT AND WE WATCHED THEM MAKING TAFFY. BEFORE THAT MISS STEWART BOUGHT US A BOX OF TAFFY JUST LIKE THE TAFFY WE SAW. WE WENT AND LOOKED AT
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Weather. Much the same. Wet, cloudy, foggy, misty, then rainy. Cold; 3-4 blanket weather. The best day of the season was Thursday - it was fine, really fine - but there was only one day of it.
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Miss Munro who has been visiting at Fernbank, left Friday morning. Wednesday is the day on which she will sail from Quebec.
------TRIP - TO - GAY - HEAD----------
The Stokeys and Miss Munro were glad to take a trip on the ISLANDER to Gay Head. Mrs. Meyer went, too. It was too bad but Mrs. Evans couldn't go - did not want to go. We took the bus to Gay Head. There they got clays of all colors mixed and separate. ---- I - will - be-glad - to - describe the clays------
-------MIXED---CLAYS------------
Gray, pink, red, yellow, gray and black, black gray, yellow, red
--------SEPARATE CLAYS---------------
Black - gray - pink - red - yellow - white - cream.
That is about all. We came on the ISLANDER and went home on it. (K.S.)
THURSDAY we went to GAY HEAD.
MRS. EVANS SHE DIDN'T GO TO GAY HEAD. WE WENT ON THE BOAT THE ISLANDER TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD. WHEN WE GOT IN THE BEACHNUT BUSS WAS ALREADY THERE. WE TOOK THE BEECHNUT TO GAY HEAD. WHEN WE GOT TO GAY HEAD THERE WAS A MESS, AND WE GOT SOME WATER AND WE HAD SOME SANDWICHES THAT WE BROUGHT. AFTER WE HAD OUR LUNCH WE WENT UP ON A HILL HIGHER THAN THE PLACE WHERE WE WERE. WE SAW SOME INDIAN CHILDREN SELLING SOME THINGS MODELLED OUT OF CLAY. THEY CALLED IT GAY BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY COLORS THERE. WE GOT SOME OF EVERY COLOR WE COULD FIND. AFTER WE HAD DONE THAT IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME. WE BOUGHT SOME THINGS FROM THE INDIAN CHILDREN WHO MODELLED THINGS OUT OF THE CLAY. WE GOT SOME WATER BEFORE WE WENT TO THE BEECHNUT BUS. WE WENT TO OAK BLUFFS AND THEN WE GOT OFF. EACH OF THE CHILDREN HAD HALF OF AN ICE COLD DRINK. THEN WE WENT AND WE WATCHED THEM MAKING TAFFY. BEFORE THAT MISS STEWART BOUGHT US A BOX OF TAFFY JUST LIKE THE TAFFY WE SAW. WE WENT AND LOOKED AT
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Sh's at the most juvenile member of the audience and the penultimate junior member when she was sh'shing the most juvenile member.
The Russian song "O if Mother Volga" was particularly delightful. The versatility of Billy Stokey was most evident in this song as he alternated between singing the tenor parts and playing the soprano parts on his violin. The soprano of Miss Margaret Stokey and the alto of Miss Dorothy Stewart combined most pleasantly. Those in the audience who had made a special study of alto listened most carefully to the difficult alto of Tschaikowsky's Legend.
Tea, with bread and butter, Slim Jims, and Brownies were served after the program was finished.
Miss Charlotte Haywood, Miss Alma Stokey and Mrs. Evans were noticed in the audience.
PROGRAM
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1. O Gladsome Light..........Archangelsky
2. Would God I were the tender apple blossom..........Old Irish Air
3. Legend..........Tschaikowsky
4. The Farmer's Daughters..........Traditional English Song.
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5. Pussy Song..........Kathleen and Roger Stokey
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6. O if Mother Volga..........Pantcheko
7. Coletta..........Gevaert
8. Praise the Name of the Lord..........Ivanoff.
Mrs. Stokey played the accompaniments with great finish.
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The Choral Club will have two meetings next week, instead of ending Aug. 30th. There were only four sopranos present Friday night. Mr. Gorikoff expressed surprise at the small number saying "We are always taking in sopranos, but we never have any more." There were 8 altos.
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The indications are, at going to press, that the SATURDAY EVENING PICNIC will be an indoor affair.
Sh's at the most juvenile member of the audience and the penultimate junior member when she was sh'shing the most juvenile member.
The Russian song "O if Mother Volga" was particularly delightful. The versatility of Billy Stokey was most evident in this song as he alternated between singing the tenor parts and playing the soprano parts on his violin. The soprano of Miss Margaret Stokey and the alto of Miss Dorothy Stewart combined most pleasantly. Those in the audience who had made a special study of alto listened most carefully to the difficult alto of Tschaikowsky's Legend.
Tea, with bread and butter, Slim Jims, and Brownies were served after the program was finished.
Miss Charlotte Haywood, Miss Alma Stokey and Mrs. Evans were noticed in the audience.
PROGRAM
I
1. O Gladsome Light..........Archangelsky
2. Would God I were the tender apple blossom..........Old Irish Air
3. Legend..........Tschaikowsky
4. The Farmer's Daughters..........Traditional English Song.
.......
5. Pussy Song..........Kathleen and Roger Stokey
.......
6. O if Mother Volga..........Pantcheko
7. Coletta..........Gevaert
8. Praise the Name of the Lord..........Ivanoff.
Mrs. Stokey played the accompaniments with great finish.
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The Choral Club will have two meetings next week, instead of ending Aug. 30th. There were only four sopranos present Friday night. Mr. Gorikoff expressed surprise at the small number saying "We are always taking in sopranos, but we never have any more." There were 8 altos.
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The indications are, at going to press, that the SATURDAY EVENING PICNIC will be an indoor affair.
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Gay Head, continued from Page 1.
AT SOME THINGS IN THE STORE WINDOW. GOING TO GAY HEAD WE SAW A SQUARE SAIL BOAT BUT THE SAILS WERE NOT UP. IT WAS NOT A REAL SQUARE SAIL BOAT. THEN WE GOT ON THE ISLANDER AND WENT BACK TO WOODS HOLE.
(R.P.S.)
Ed. note. The abrupt ending of this account was caused by the appearance of Dick and Theodore Clapp with the rowboat.
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FALLINGS IN.
Just as the recital at FERNBANK was about to begin Roger Stokey appeared and informed all interested, but with greater calmness than one would expect under the circumstances, that one of his feet had fallen into the pond. Fortunately the foot was rescued.
During the Musicale the middle half of Roger Stokey fell into the wood basket. An expedition went to his rescue.
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Scientific News.
Miss Margaret Stokey visited the Botany Laboratory Saturday morning and made a study of the stomata of a dandelion leaf. Her drawing would do credit to a college freshman. Miss Stokey hopes that all those which are to be seen in Clapp Laboratory in October will be as good.
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Roger Stokey is taking care of a young sporeling of Scolopendrium. The spores were sent to America from Kew by Miss Lenette Rogers.
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Miss Stokey continued her work of selective gardening Thursday afternoon, when she eliminated many yards of Grapevine, many yards of Poison Ivy, and a few dozen shoots of Willow. Several choice ferns were thus brought into high relief. Only two shoots of poison ivy in seed were found, for which we give thanks. All the transplanted ferns and orchids are flourishing.
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Notes about our editors: It is of interest to note the means by which our editors secure their effects. K.S. has found the dash invaluable in setting off her items, while R.P.S. finds the use of the capital most effective in giving a vigorous style.
Gay Head, continued from Page 1.
AT SOME THINGS IN THE STORE WINDOW. GOING TO GAY HEAD WE SAW A SQUARE SAIL BOAT BUT THE SAILS WERE NOT UP. IT WAS NOT A REAL SQUARE SAIL BOAT. THEN WE GOT ON THE ISLANDER AND WENT BACK TO WOODS HOLE.
(R.P.S.)
Ed. note. The abrupt ending of this account was caused by the appearance of Dick and Theodore Clapp with the rowboat.
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FALLINGS IN.
Just as the recital at FERNBANK was about to begin Roger Stokey appeared and informed all interested, but with greater calmness than one would expect under the circumstances, that one of his feet had fallen into the pond. Fortunately the foot was rescued.
During the Musicale the middle half of Roger Stokey fell into the wood basket. An expedition went to his rescue.
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Scientific News.
Miss Margaret Stokey visited the Botany Laboratory Saturday morning and made a study of the stomata of a dandelion leaf. Her drawing would do credit to a college freshman. Miss Stokey hopes that all those which are to be seen in Clapp Laboratory in October will be as good.
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Roger Stokey is taking care of a young sporeling of Scolopendrium. The spores were sent to America from Kew by Miss Lenette Rogers.
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Miss Stokey continued her work of selective gardening Thursday afternoon, when she eliminated many yards of Grapevine, many yards of Poison Ivy, and a few dozen shoots of Willow. Several choice ferns were thus brought into high relief. Only two shoots of poison ivy in seed were found, for which we give thanks. All the transplanted ferns and orchids are flourishing.
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Notes about our editors: It is of interest to note the means by which our editors secure their effects. K.S. has found the dash invaluable in setting off her items, while R.P.S. finds the use of the capital most effective in giving a vigorous style.
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The New Corduroy Road.
Owing to the unusual height of the water table in this RAINY SEASON it has been necessary to reconstruct the road around the south side of the house at FERNBANK. The engineering firm of A.G., B.F., and K. Stokey applied themselves and their various implements to the problem of constructing a road which would permit entrance to the drying yard without wading. They decided on a corduroy road as most suitable. Two axes and a saw were used on the willow branches which had been cut down at verious times, and a suitable number of loglets were prepared. These were laid and re-laid until the road was sufficiently level and firm to be trusted with Mrs. Evans weight. If the present weather continues it may be necessary to cut down all the willow trees to make a corduroy boulevard around the house.
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A.G. and K. Stokey should be (but no one does it) congratulated on the road which they rebuilt recently and the magnificent way in which it has resisted erosion during the recent storms.
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Poetry Column.
THE CLEAREST DAY OF THE WEATHER.
The clearest day of the weather
We did not have to dry our leather.
We went over to Gay Head
And when we got home we went in swimming
And had supper, then the children went to bed.
It was the clearest day of the weather
The day after the stormy day
Which nearly carried us away
Was the clearest day of the weather.
And all we had to do to our leather
Was to take a cloth and rub off the clay
That very day, that very day.
We took a ride in the beach wagon
There wasn't a drop, not even out of sphagnum.
We got a good swim
Do you know?
We swim better and better
We got wetter and wetter
We didn't write a letter and a letter
Because it was such a nice clear day
Whenever we got in the house Mother would say:
Go out to play, go out to play,
She always would say, go out to play,
That's always the way,
That Mothers say,
When it's a nice clear day.
The New Corduroy Road.
Owing to the unusual height of the water table in this RAINY SEASON it has been necessary to reconstruct the road around the south side of the house at FERNBANK. The engineering firm of A.G., B.F., and K. Stokey applied themselves and their various implements to the problem of constructing a road which would permit entrance to the drying yard without wading. They decided on a corduroy road as most suitable. Two axes and a saw were used on the willow branches which had been cut down at verious times, and a suitable number of loglets were prepared. These were laid and re-laid until the road was sufficiently level and firm to be trusted with Mrs. Evans weight. If the present weather continues it may be necessary to cut down all the willow trees to make a corduroy boulevard around the house.
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A.G. and K. Stokey should be (but no one does it) congratulated on the road which they rebuilt recently and the magnificent way in which it has resisted erosion during the recent storms.
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Poetry Column.
THE CLEAREST DAY OF THE WEATHER.
The clearest day of the weather
We did not have to dry our leather.
We went over to Gay Head
And when we got home we went in swimming
And had supper, then the children went to bed.
It was the clearest day of the weather
The day after the stormy day
Which nearly carried us away
Was the clearest day of the weather.
And all we had to do to our leather
Was to take a cloth and rub off the clay
That very day, that very day.
We took a ride in the beach wagon
There wasn't a drop, not even out of sphagnum.
We got a good swim
Do you know?
We swim better and better
We got wetter and wetter
We didn't write a letter and a letter
Because it was such a nice clear day
Whenever we got in the house Mother would say:
Go out to play, go out to play,
She always would say, go out to play,
That's always the way,
That Mothers say,
When it's a nice clear day.
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Weather. Aug. 28th. More of the same thing. The daily rain did not come on until three o'clock, however.
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Market reports.
We regret to report that the recent storms have made havoc with the lobster market. Lobsters are scarce and high in price. The price has gone up 20 cents on the pound in the last week. They are now quoted at 65 cents (55 cents with one claw). This is melancholy news for all true lobster lovers.
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Billy Stokey collected a sufficient number of blackberries from the bushes at Fernbank to provide the family with a delectable Minute Pudding.
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Mrs. Stokey, Margaret, Billy, Kathleen and Roger are leaving Fernbank on the coming Monday. They will go to Boston and take the boat to Savannah. They will stay in Savannah from Friday until Sunday.
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Miss Haywood and Miss Stewart joined the Stokeys at their pseudo-picnic in the livingroom at Fernbank, Saturday evening.
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Miss Stokey and Mrs. Evans were at a tea given by Mrs. Bullowa Saturday afternoon.
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Jean Bullowa went out on the pond with the Stokeylets Friday morning. She is a little younger than Billy.
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There was surf bathing in Buzzards Bay Sunday morning.
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One of the notable among the Younger Botanists is Roger Stokey. He devotes himself chiefly to ferns. He and his sister Kathleen have decided that they would rather work in plants than in eggs. They have not succumbed to the Woods Hole habit of working on eggs of Arbacia or Fundulus.
Weather. Aug. 28th. More of the same thing. The daily rain did not come on until three o'clock, however.
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Market reports.
We regret to report that the recent storms have made havoc with the lobster market. Lobsters are scarce and high in price. The price has gone up 20 cents on the pound in the last week. They are now quoted at 65 cents (55 cents with one claw). This is melancholy news for all true lobster lovers.
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Billy Stokey collected a sufficient number of blackberries from the bushes at Fernbank to provide the family with a delectable Minute Pudding.
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Mrs. Stokey, Margaret, Billy, Kathleen and Roger are leaving Fernbank on the coming Monday. They will go to Boston and take the boat to Savannah. They will stay in Savannah from Friday until Sunday.
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Miss Haywood and Miss Stewart joined the Stokeys at their pseudo-picnic in the livingroom at Fernbank, Saturday evening.
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Miss Stokey and Mrs. Evans were at a tea given by Mrs. Bullowa Saturday afternoon.
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Jean Bullowa went out on the pond with the Stokeylets Friday morning. She is a little younger than Billy.
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There was surf bathing in Buzzards Bay Sunday morning.
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One of the notable among the Younger Botanists is Roger Stokey. He devotes himself chiefly to ferns. He and his sister Kathleen have decided that they would rather work in plants than in eggs. They have not succumbed to the Woods Hole habit of working on eggs of Arbacia or Fundulus.
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1.
This is a stop in the Tour of the nineteen editions of The Fernbank News that were published over the course of nearly 40 years.
The brochure for this Tour is at:
2.
On Thursday the Stokeys, Miss Munro and Mrs. Meyer went to Gay Head. They went on the Islander.
Kay sent a postcard showing the Islander to her Farmer grandparents:
Madeleine Munro and the Meyers are in the Non-Family page for Woods Hole folks on this website.
3.
Master Roger Stokey being temperamental in his art decided to withdraw from the program until he understood that refreshments were not served to outsiders. He looked at the Brownies and decided that a Brownie was worth a song (to paraphrase a famous king).
I think this might be a reference to Henri IV (before he was quite Henri IV) saying, "Paris is well worth a Mass" ("Paris vaut bien une messe") upon learning that in order to become King of France he would have to convert from Protestantism to Catholicism. Sellar and Yeatman converted the saying to "Paris is rather a mess" in 1066 and All That, but that book was not published until 1930.
4.
The Choral Club will have two meetings next week, instead of ending Aug. 30th. There were only four sopranos present Friday night. Mr. Gorikoff expressed surprise at the small number saying "We are always taking in sopranos, but we never have any more." There were 8 altos.
Mr. Gorokhoff is in the Non-Family page for Woods Hole folks on this website.
4.
The abrupt ending of this account was caused by the appearance of Dick and Theodore Clapp with the rowboat.
Cornelia Clapp is on the Non-Family pages for both South Hadley folks and Woods Hole folks on this website. She was Miss Clapp, so I guess Dick and Theodore Clapp were nephews, but I don't know.
5.
Roger Stokey is taking care of a young sporeling of Scolopendrium. The spores were sent to America from Kew by Miss Lenette Rogers.
Lenette Rogers Atkinson is on the Non-Family page for South Hadley folks on this website.
6.
Billy Stokey collected a sufficient number of blackberries from the bushes at Fernbank to provide the family with a delectable Minute Pudding.
A Minute Pudding was mentioned in another Fernbank News. When I asked AG about it, she said it was a brand, and then one day in Stop & Shop I came across Minute Pudding boxes on sale.
7.
Mrs. Stokey, Margaret, Billy, Kathleen and Roger are leaving Fernbank on the coming Monday. They will go to Boston and take the boat to Savannah.
We have an account of the boat trip to Savannah - one of many things that I haven't uploaded yet.
8.
One of the notable among the Younger Botanists is Roger Stokey. He devotes himself chiefly to ferns. He and his sister Kathleen have decided that they would rather work in plants than in eggs.
This may or may not be a reference to the chickens that Will and Kathleen enjoyed keeping at home in Atlanta.
This is a stop in the Tour of the nineteen editions of The Fernbank News that were published over the course of nearly 40 years.
- The previous Tour stop is: 1927-08-22 FERNBANK NEWS
- The next Tour stop is: 1927-09-09 FERNBANK NEWS
The brochure for this Tour is at:
2.
On Thursday the Stokeys, Miss Munro and Mrs. Meyer went to Gay Head. They went on the Islander.
Kay sent a postcard showing the Islander to her Farmer grandparents:
Madeleine Munro and the Meyers are in the Non-Family page for Woods Hole folks on this website.
3.
Master Roger Stokey being temperamental in his art decided to withdraw from the program until he understood that refreshments were not served to outsiders. He looked at the Brownies and decided that a Brownie was worth a song (to paraphrase a famous king).
I think this might be a reference to Henri IV (before he was quite Henri IV) saying, "Paris is well worth a Mass" ("Paris vaut bien une messe") upon learning that in order to become King of France he would have to convert from Protestantism to Catholicism. Sellar and Yeatman converted the saying to "Paris is rather a mess" in 1066 and All That, but that book was not published until 1930.
4.
The Choral Club will have two meetings next week, instead of ending Aug. 30th. There were only four sopranos present Friday night. Mr. Gorikoff expressed surprise at the small number saying "We are always taking in sopranos, but we never have any more." There were 8 altos.
Mr. Gorokhoff is in the Non-Family page for Woods Hole folks on this website.
4.
The abrupt ending of this account was caused by the appearance of Dick and Theodore Clapp with the rowboat.
Cornelia Clapp is on the Non-Family pages for both South Hadley folks and Woods Hole folks on this website. She was Miss Clapp, so I guess Dick and Theodore Clapp were nephews, but I don't know.
5.
Roger Stokey is taking care of a young sporeling of Scolopendrium. The spores were sent to America from Kew by Miss Lenette Rogers.
Lenette Rogers Atkinson is on the Non-Family page for South Hadley folks on this website.
6.
Billy Stokey collected a sufficient number of blackberries from the bushes at Fernbank to provide the family with a delectable Minute Pudding.
A Minute Pudding was mentioned in another Fernbank News. When I asked AG about it, she said it was a brand, and then one day in Stop & Shop I came across Minute Pudding boxes on sale.
7.
Mrs. Stokey, Margaret, Billy, Kathleen and Roger are leaving Fernbank on the coming Monday. They will go to Boston and take the boat to Savannah.
We have an account of the boat trip to Savannah - one of many things that I haven't uploaded yet.
8.
One of the notable among the Younger Botanists is Roger Stokey. He devotes himself chiefly to ferns. He and his sister Kathleen have decided that they would rather work in plants than in eggs.
This may or may not be a reference to the chickens that Will and Kathleen enjoyed keeping at home in Atlanta.
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