The Fernbank News: 8/6/1928
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The second and final Fernbank News for 1928, featuring Maggie and Billy.
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Only a third of the Atlanta Stokeys are at Fernbank this summer, but there's still lots going on.
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FERNBANK NEWS
Vol. 2, No. 2
Woods Hole, Mass.
August 6, 1928
Weather: Not as bad as it might be. It was very wet until late in July. For the last two weeks it has been clear, for the most part. We have even had several "clearest days of the weather." There was a bad thunderstorm with high wind, Sunday, Aug. 5th, but more of that anon.
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Big Storm in Woods Hole.
Yesterday, just as Margaret and Billy were getting in from swimming, (about half past five) it began to rain. They were down in the basement putting the bicycle away. The windows were all open and the rain came in and got on some music and papers, the guest bed, and the table and floor. Before the rain there was a lot of wind and the chorus music blew around the room. There was about 130 pieces of music. Margaret and Billy picked up the music. After the rain they wiped up the water. They used the cloths in the ragbag. All the rest of the family were at the Warbasses. It is cold to-day and wavy. B.F.S.
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Trip to Provincetown.
Margaret, Aunt Eva, Miss Hinsdale, and Miss Mildred Hinsdale went to Provincetown. Miss Mildred Hinsdale drove them in her car. They left about ten o'clock in the morning and expected to get there this afternoon or this evening. They are coming back tomorrow. They took some coffee, some lemonade, salad and sandwiches. It was pretty dull when they started; it rained a little bit but they expected to keep on if it did not rain much. A.G.S.-B.F.S.
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The Bicycles.
Aunt Alma's bicycle came to-day from South Hadley. Aunt Alma uncrated it, and Billy and Boris Gorokhoff put it up - put on the handle bars, turned the pedals around, put the seat on; and then Billy took it to have some air put in the tires.
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Margaret and Billy Stokey arrived at Fernbank, Monday, July 30th. The summer has now begun.
The Millpond.
Miss Clapp's boat has been named "The White Eagle." The name is painted on the stern.
Dicky Veeder's boat is the "Redwing." It is a red boat and has a thing at the back so that you can scull in it. It has a sail and he goes out sailing every Sunday with his grandfather. Captain Veeder thinks it is not safe for Dicky to sail the boat alone.
The algae was spread over the pond by the storm.
Billy Stokey and Boris Gorokhoff go out on the pond in the "White Eagle.
Miss Alma Stokey rakes the algae occasionally. More and better rakers is our motto.
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MUSIC.
The Woods Hole Choral Society gave a concert at the M.B.L. auditorium Saturday Aug. 4th. This year they progressed to printed programs with the names of the members of the club, as well as those of the patronesses. The following program was given.
Part I.
Ave Maria J. Arcadelt
Tu es Petrus G.P. de Palestrina
Cherubim Song G. Musitcheskoo
God is with us A.D. Kastalsky
Part II.
Brightly dawns our wedding day W.A. Gilbert, A. Sullivan
Coletta F.A. Gavaert
I love my love G.T. Holst
Spinning Top N.A. Rimsky-Korsakoff
Dusk of Night A. Arkhangelsky
The Brook A. Arkhangelsky
Several numbers were repeated for encores and in addition two numbers from the 1927 program were given: O if Mother Volga and The Gipsy. The concert was a great success.
FERNBANK NEWS
Vol. 2, No. 2
Woods Hole, Mass.
August 6, 1928
Weather: Not as bad as it might be. It was very wet until late in July. For the last two weeks it has been clear, for the most part. We have even had several "clearest days of the weather." There was a bad thunderstorm with high wind, Sunday, Aug. 5th, but more of that anon.
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Big Storm in Woods Hole.
Yesterday, just as Margaret and Billy were getting in from swimming, (about half past five) it began to rain. They were down in the basement putting the bicycle away. The windows were all open and the rain came in and got on some music and papers, the guest bed, and the table and floor. Before the rain there was a lot of wind and the chorus music blew around the room. There was about 130 pieces of music. Margaret and Billy picked up the music. After the rain they wiped up the water. They used the cloths in the ragbag. All the rest of the family were at the Warbasses. It is cold to-day and wavy. B.F.S.
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Trip to Provincetown.
Margaret, Aunt Eva, Miss Hinsdale, and Miss Mildred Hinsdale went to Provincetown. Miss Mildred Hinsdale drove them in her car. They left about ten o'clock in the morning and expected to get there this afternoon or this evening. They are coming back tomorrow. They took some coffee, some lemonade, salad and sandwiches. It was pretty dull when they started; it rained a little bit but they expected to keep on if it did not rain much. A.G.S.-B.F.S.
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The Bicycles.
Aunt Alma's bicycle came to-day from South Hadley. Aunt Alma uncrated it, and Billy and Boris Gorokhoff put it up - put on the handle bars, turned the pedals around, put the seat on; and then Billy took it to have some air put in the tires.
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Margaret and Billy Stokey arrived at Fernbank, Monday, July 30th. The summer has now begun.
The Millpond.
Miss Clapp's boat has been named "The White Eagle." The name is painted on the stern.
Dicky Veeder's boat is the "Redwing." It is a red boat and has a thing at the back so that you can scull in it. It has a sail and he goes out sailing every Sunday with his grandfather. Captain Veeder thinks it is not safe for Dicky to sail the boat alone.
The algae was spread over the pond by the storm.
Billy Stokey and Boris Gorokhoff go out on the pond in the "White Eagle.
Miss Alma Stokey rakes the algae occasionally. More and better rakers is our motto.
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MUSIC.
The Woods Hole Choral Society gave a concert at the M.B.L. auditorium Saturday Aug. 4th. This year they progressed to printed programs with the names of the members of the club, as well as those of the patronesses. The following program was given.
Part I.
Ave Maria J. Arcadelt
Tu es Petrus G.P. de Palestrina
Cherubim Song G. Musitcheskoo
God is with us A.D. Kastalsky
Part II.
Brightly dawns our wedding day W.A. Gilbert, A. Sullivan
Coletta F.A. Gavaert
I love my love G.T. Holst
Spinning Top N.A. Rimsky-Korsakoff
Dusk of Night A. Arkhangelsky
The Brook A. Arkhangelsky
Several numbers were repeated for encores and in addition two numbers from the 1927 program were given: O if Mother Volga and The Gipsy. The concert was a great success.
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Mrs. Evans chanted in "God with us" while the chorus sang a subdued accompaniment - "no sound at all."
Miss Margaret Stokey had her test for the chorus Tuesday, and was admitted. She has not followed the tradition of the Stokeys in singing second alto but is going to sing first soprano.
Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Evans entertained the Stokeys and their guest, Miss Bruce, Sunday evening, with some German songs. Afterwards Mrs. Meyer played some Bach.
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Visitors at Fernbank:
Miss Grace Van Doorn was a guest at Fernbank from June 27th to July 7th with two days out for a visit to Martha's Vineyard.
Mrs. H. D. Van Doorn and Herbert Rutherford Van Doorn visited at Fernbank the week of Fourth of July.
Mrs. Frances Starr Mallery of Miami, Florida, spent the week-end of July 21, 22 at Fernbank.
Miss Katherine Bruce was a visitor at Woods Hole, July 23-Aug.3.
Miss Ellen Hinsdale and Miss Mildred Hinsdale are spending a week at Fernbank.
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Mrs. Evans has been attending one of the performances of the University Players at Falmouth each week, until this week. She felt that it was no sacrifice to give up a mystery play for a trip to Provincetown. Miss Stokey went with Mrs. Meyer to see "The Jest." The players are good and we hope that they will continue the work next year. They give performances every Monday and Tuesday.
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Fishing was the order of the day on Wednesday. Margaret, Kitty Marshall, and Billy went fishing at the Fish Commission wharf. They caught 22 fish, including two eels one of which was described as fat.
SOCIETY NEWS.
We regret that our able and accomplished Society Editor is not with us this year to handle such important news as the wedding of Mr. Uncle Fred. As it is, we shall do our best relying on the report given by our African correspondents.
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Dr. Fred E. Stokey and Miss Sybil Hosking were married on May 30th at Vila Silva Porto and Chissambo. At V.S.P. they signed the civil register and then returned to Chissamba for a church wedding. The service was in Umbundo, and we are told that Mrs. Stokey must obey Dr. Stokey when he speaks to her in Umbundu. Owing to unforseen contingencies, such as the front spring of the wedding coach, ordinarily called a "Dodge car", breaking while the wedding party were on the way to V.S.P., and other delays, the wedding breakfast was not served until 3 o'clock - after 3 o'clock. The next morning the bridal couple went to Mt. Elumbanganda, near Bailundo, and camped there 6 days.
Dr. and Mrs. Stokey expect to leave Angola the last of July to return to the United States and Canada.
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Dr. and Mrs. Warbasse entertained the Choral Club Sunday afternoon, August 5th. Mr. Gorikhoff gave a short talk about Russian church music. Then the club sang several of their songs from memory with more or less success. Refreshments were served.
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The Choral Club were invited to Juniper Point to entertain Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Crane and some guests. They sang their songs, listened to Mr. Crane tell an Eastern story about a Cadi, and then went home. No refreshments were served. They were merely looked at, as the guest made their exit - that is, as the Club made its exit.
Mrs. Evans chanted in "God with us" while the chorus sang a subdued accompaniment - "no sound at all."
Miss Margaret Stokey had her test for the chorus Tuesday, and was admitted. She has not followed the tradition of the Stokeys in singing second alto but is going to sing first soprano.
Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Evans entertained the Stokeys and their guest, Miss Bruce, Sunday evening, with some German songs. Afterwards Mrs. Meyer played some Bach.
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Visitors at Fernbank:
Miss Grace Van Doorn was a guest at Fernbank from June 27th to July 7th with two days out for a visit to Martha's Vineyard.
Mrs. H. D. Van Doorn and Herbert Rutherford Van Doorn visited at Fernbank the week of Fourth of July.
Mrs. Frances Starr Mallery of Miami, Florida, spent the week-end of July 21, 22 at Fernbank.
Miss Katherine Bruce was a visitor at Woods Hole, July 23-Aug.3.
Miss Ellen Hinsdale and Miss Mildred Hinsdale are spending a week at Fernbank.
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Mrs. Evans has been attending one of the performances of the University Players at Falmouth each week, until this week. She felt that it was no sacrifice to give up a mystery play for a trip to Provincetown. Miss Stokey went with Mrs. Meyer to see "The Jest." The players are good and we hope that they will continue the work next year. They give performances every Monday and Tuesday.
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Fishing was the order of the day on Wednesday. Margaret, Kitty Marshall, and Billy went fishing at the Fish Commission wharf. They caught 22 fish, including two eels one of which was described as fat.
SOCIETY NEWS.
We regret that our able and accomplished Society Editor is not with us this year to handle such important news as the wedding of Mr. Uncle Fred. As it is, we shall do our best relying on the report given by our African correspondents.
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Dr. Fred E. Stokey and Miss Sybil Hosking were married on May 30th at Vila Silva Porto and Chissambo. At V.S.P. they signed the civil register and then returned to Chissamba for a church wedding. The service was in Umbundo, and we are told that Mrs. Stokey must obey Dr. Stokey when he speaks to her in Umbundu. Owing to unforseen contingencies, such as the front spring of the wedding coach, ordinarily called a "Dodge car", breaking while the wedding party were on the way to V.S.P., and other delays, the wedding breakfast was not served until 3 o'clock - after 3 o'clock. The next morning the bridal couple went to Mt. Elumbanganda, near Bailundo, and camped there 6 days.
Dr. and Mrs. Stokey expect to leave Angola the last of July to return to the United States and Canada.
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Dr. and Mrs. Warbasse entertained the Choral Club Sunday afternoon, August 5th. Mr. Gorikhoff gave a short talk about Russian church music. Then the club sang several of their songs from memory with more or less success. Refreshments were served.
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The Choral Club were invited to Juniper Point to entertain Mr. and Mrs. C.R. Crane and some guests. They sang their songs, listened to Mr. Crane tell an Eastern story about a Cadi, and then went home. No refreshments were served. They were merely looked at, as the guest made their exit - that is, as the Club made its exit.
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1.
I'm still working on uploading the Fernbank News to this website.
You can find all the available Fernbank News editions in:
2.
Aunt Alma's bicycle came to-day from South Hadley. Aunt Alma uncrated it, and Billy and Boris Gorokhoff put it up - put on the handle bars, turned the pedals around, put the seat on; and then Billy took it to have some air put in the tires.
Boris Gorokhoff was the conductor for the summer choral club. He's in this website's Non-Family page for Woods Hole folks.
3.
Margaret and Billy Stokey arrived at Fernbank, Monday, July 30th. The summer has now begun.
Kay and Roger went to Savannah with Kathleen to visit Kathleen's parents. I don't know why; conceivably it was OK to send 15-year-old Maggie on the train with 11-year-old Billy in tow, but 9-year-old Kay and 7-year-old Roger were felt to be too young. That's assuming that Maggie and Billy came by train, but if they didn't, how did they get to Woods Hole?
4.
The Woods Hole Choral Society gave a concert at the M.B.L. auditorium Saturday Aug. 4th.
There's a review of this concert from a local periodical on this website:
5.
Miss Margaret Stokey had her test for the chorus Tuesday, and was admitted. She has not followed the tradition of the Stokeys in singing second alto but is going to sing first soprano.
So both Alma and Eva were altos.
6.
Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Evans entertained the Stokeys and their guest, Miss Bruce, Sunday evening, with some German songs. Afterwards Mrs. Meyer played some Bach.
Dr. and Mrs. Meyer are in this website's Non-Family page for Woods Hole folks.
7.
Miss Grace Van Doorn was a guest at Fernbank from June 27th to July 7th with two days out for a visit to Martha's Vineyard.
I've seen Grace's name elsewhere. The one that I can think of is in a 1925 jaunt to Atlantic City: That may be the only place; for a while I was mixing her up with Grace Bacon.
8.
Mrs. H. D. Van Doorn and Herbert Rutherford Van Doorn visited at Fernbank the week of Fourth of July.
These Van Doorns produced The Wisconsin Gossip, a possible inspiration for the Fernbank News.
9.
Mrs. Frances Starr Mallery of Miami, Florida, spent the week-end of July 21, 22 at Fernbank.
Frances Starr Mallery was a sister of Alma's friend Anna Starr, who died earlier in 1928 - see: Alma was the administratror for Anne's estate, and conceivably there were things of Anne's that she needed to give to Frances. I don't remember ever seeing any further mention of Frances.
10.
Miss Katherine Bruce was a visitor at Woods Hole, July 23-Aug.3.
Alma and Eva visited Katherine Bruce on Nantucket in 1932 - see: At that time, in 1932, Miss Bruce was an assistant in Botany at the Maria Mitchell Natural Science Association on Nantucket, but I don't know if she was already there in 1928.
11.
Miss Ellen Hinsdale and Miss Mildred Hinsdale are spending a week at Fernbank.
Ellen Hinsdale in is this website's Non-Family page for South Hadley folks. Alma returned to South Hadley with the Misses Hinsdale on Friday, August 10 - see:
12.
We regret that our able and accomplished Society Editor is not with us this year to handle such important news as the wedding of Mr. Uncle Fred. As it is, we shall do our best relying on the report given by our African correspondents.
The Society Editor was Kay, who, as mentioned in a previous note, was in Savannah with Kathleen and Roger. "Mr. Uncle Fred" was Kay's way of talking about him, I think, seen in an earlier Fernbank News that I haven't yet uploaded.
13.
Dr. Fred E. Stokey and Miss Sybil Hosking were married on May 30th at Vila Silva Porto and Chissambo.
This paragraph is pretty much copied (with added spelling errors) from Fred's letter about the wedding:
14.
Dr. and Mrs. Warbasse entertained the Choral Club Sunday afternoon, August 5th.
This must be where everybody but Margaret and Billy were during the big storm that Billy was talking about earlier in this News.
15.
No refreshments were served. They were merely looked at, as the guest made their exit - that is, as the Club made its exit.
Oh dear! I do sympathize.
16.
They sang their songs, listened to Mr. Crane tell an Eastern story about a Cadi, and then went home.
A cadi, or qadi, is some sort of a judge in Islamic countries.
17.
This was clearly mostly written by Alma, but I'm not attributing authorship to her because I decided not to attribute authorship of any of the Fernbank Newses to anybody.
I'm still working on uploading the Fernbank News to this website.
- The previous News in the series is: 1928-07-01 FERNBANK NEWS
- The next News in the series is: 1932-08-03 FERNBANK NEWS
You can find all the available Fernbank News editions in:
2.
Aunt Alma's bicycle came to-day from South Hadley. Aunt Alma uncrated it, and Billy and Boris Gorokhoff put it up - put on the handle bars, turned the pedals around, put the seat on; and then Billy took it to have some air put in the tires.
Boris Gorokhoff was the conductor for the summer choral club. He's in this website's Non-Family page for Woods Hole folks.
3.
Margaret and Billy Stokey arrived at Fernbank, Monday, July 30th. The summer has now begun.
Kay and Roger went to Savannah with Kathleen to visit Kathleen's parents. I don't know why; conceivably it was OK to send 15-year-old Maggie on the train with 11-year-old Billy in tow, but 9-year-old Kay and 7-year-old Roger were felt to be too young. That's assuming that Maggie and Billy came by train, but if they didn't, how did they get to Woods Hole?
4.
The Woods Hole Choral Society gave a concert at the M.B.L. auditorium Saturday Aug. 4th.
There's a review of this concert from a local periodical on this website:
5.
Miss Margaret Stokey had her test for the chorus Tuesday, and was admitted. She has not followed the tradition of the Stokeys in singing second alto but is going to sing first soprano.
So both Alma and Eva were altos.
6.
Mrs. Meyer and Mrs. Evans entertained the Stokeys and their guest, Miss Bruce, Sunday evening, with some German songs. Afterwards Mrs. Meyer played some Bach.
Dr. and Mrs. Meyer are in this website's Non-Family page for Woods Hole folks.
7.
Miss Grace Van Doorn was a guest at Fernbank from June 27th to July 7th with two days out for a visit to Martha's Vineyard.
I've seen Grace's name elsewhere. The one that I can think of is in a 1925 jaunt to Atlantic City: That may be the only place; for a while I was mixing her up with Grace Bacon.
8.
Mrs. H. D. Van Doorn and Herbert Rutherford Van Doorn visited at Fernbank the week of Fourth of July.
These Van Doorns produced The Wisconsin Gossip, a possible inspiration for the Fernbank News.
9.
Mrs. Frances Starr Mallery of Miami, Florida, spent the week-end of July 21, 22 at Fernbank.
Frances Starr Mallery was a sister of Alma's friend Anna Starr, who died earlier in 1928 - see: Alma was the administratror for Anne's estate, and conceivably there were things of Anne's that she needed to give to Frances. I don't remember ever seeing any further mention of Frances.
10.
Miss Katherine Bruce was a visitor at Woods Hole, July 23-Aug.3.
Alma and Eva visited Katherine Bruce on Nantucket in 1932 - see: At that time, in 1932, Miss Bruce was an assistant in Botany at the Maria Mitchell Natural Science Association on Nantucket, but I don't know if she was already there in 1928.
11.
Miss Ellen Hinsdale and Miss Mildred Hinsdale are spending a week at Fernbank.
Ellen Hinsdale in is this website's Non-Family page for South Hadley folks. Alma returned to South Hadley with the Misses Hinsdale on Friday, August 10 - see:
12.
We regret that our able and accomplished Society Editor is not with us this year to handle such important news as the wedding of Mr. Uncle Fred. As it is, we shall do our best relying on the report given by our African correspondents.
The Society Editor was Kay, who, as mentioned in a previous note, was in Savannah with Kathleen and Roger. "Mr. Uncle Fred" was Kay's way of talking about him, I think, seen in an earlier Fernbank News that I haven't yet uploaded.
13.
Dr. Fred E. Stokey and Miss Sybil Hosking were married on May 30th at Vila Silva Porto and Chissambo.
This paragraph is pretty much copied (with added spelling errors) from Fred's letter about the wedding:
14.
Dr. and Mrs. Warbasse entertained the Choral Club Sunday afternoon, August 5th.
This must be where everybody but Margaret and Billy were during the big storm that Billy was talking about earlier in this News.
15.
No refreshments were served. They were merely looked at, as the guest made their exit - that is, as the Club made its exit.
Oh dear! I do sympathize.
16.
They sang their songs, listened to Mr. Crane tell an Eastern story about a Cadi, and then went home.
A cadi, or qadi, is some sort of a judge in Islamic countries.
17.
This was clearly mostly written by Alma, but I'm not attributing authorship to her because I decided not to attribute authorship of any of the Fernbank Newses to anybody.
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