Newspaper item mentioning Alma: 10/6/1944
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The Holyoke (Massachusetts) Transcript-Telegram reports on the damage wrought in Woods Hole by the Hurricane of 1944.
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May Have To Rebuild Research Station At Woods Hole
Washington, (AP) --- The 61-year-old research station of the fish and wildlife service at Woods Hole, Mass., suffered such extensive damage in last month's hurricane it may have to be completely rebuilt.
The station, built in 1883 as the first marine research laboratory in the nation, recently was turned back to the fish and wildlife service by the Navy.
Because of its strategic location on the southwest tip of Cape Cod, overlooking Vineyard Sound, Nantucket and Southern New England waters, it was believed at the outbreak of the war that it might become a vital port from which to patrol for subs. This did not develop.
The hurricane hit the frame and shingle structures at high tide, sweeping the seawalls over, flooding the buildings and carrying away the roofs.
Dr. Paul Galtsoff, director of the laboratory, reported to the bureau here that probably $100,000 damage was inflicted on the station. The bureau has instituted an investigation to determine whether it can be repaired, but preliminary opinion here is that it may as well be reconstructed from the bottom up.
There were two major buildings at the station, a residence and laboratory, as well as wharves and seawall. The oceanographic unit, "Atlantis" moored at the station when the hurricane approached, was blown across the sound and grounded on an island.
A number of physiology and zoology department professors at Mount Holyoke college have done summer work and taught classes at Woods Hole. Prof. Emeritus Alma G. Stokey, retired chairman of the botany department, has spent many summers there and had to move out of her cottage at Woods Hole during the hurricane.
Prof. Charlotte Haywood, chairman of the physiology department, has spent many summers at Woods Hole and has taught at the famed research station. Prof. Ann Haven Morgan, chairman of the zoology department, has a cottage at Woods Hole and has taught at the research station. Zoology Prof. Christianna Smith has also taught there, and Prof. Emeritus Abby Turner, former chairman of the physiology department, went there for years for research work.
Washington, (AP) --- The 61-year-old research station of the fish and wildlife service at Woods Hole, Mass., suffered such extensive damage in last month's hurricane it may have to be completely rebuilt.
The station, built in 1883 as the first marine research laboratory in the nation, recently was turned back to the fish and wildlife service by the Navy.
Because of its strategic location on the southwest tip of Cape Cod, overlooking Vineyard Sound, Nantucket and Southern New England waters, it was believed at the outbreak of the war that it might become a vital port from which to patrol for subs. This did not develop.
The hurricane hit the frame and shingle structures at high tide, sweeping the seawalls over, flooding the buildings and carrying away the roofs.
Dr. Paul Galtsoff, director of the laboratory, reported to the bureau here that probably $100,000 damage was inflicted on the station. The bureau has instituted an investigation to determine whether it can be repaired, but preliminary opinion here is that it may as well be reconstructed from the bottom up.
There were two major buildings at the station, a residence and laboratory, as well as wharves and seawall. The oceanographic unit, "Atlantis" moored at the station when the hurricane approached, was blown across the sound and grounded on an island.
A number of physiology and zoology department professors at Mount Holyoke college have done summer work and taught classes at Woods Hole. Prof. Emeritus Alma G. Stokey, retired chairman of the botany department, has spent many summers there and had to move out of her cottage at Woods Hole during the hurricane.
Prof. Charlotte Haywood, chairman of the physiology department, has spent many summers at Woods Hole and has taught at the famed research station. Prof. Ann Haven Morgan, chairman of the zoology department, has a cottage at Woods Hole and has taught at the research station. Zoology Prof. Christianna Smith has also taught there, and Prof. Emeritus Abby Turner, former chairman of the physiology department, went there for years for research work.
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Dr. Paul Galtsoff, director of the laboratory, reported to the bureau here that probably $100,000 damage was inflicted on the station.
Google AI tells me that $100,000 in 1944 is worth nearly $1,900,000 in 2026.
2.
A number of physiology and zoology department professors at Mount Holyoke college have done summer work and taught classes at Woods Hole.
This article is attributed to the Associated Press in Washington, but I imagine that with this sentence, the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram started added in some local color.
3.
Prof. Emeritus Alma G. Stokey, retired chairman of the botany department, has spent many summers there and had to move out of her cottage at Woods Hole during the hurricane.
Here's the mention of Alma. Nothing we don't already know, of course.
4.
Prof. Charlotte Haywood, chairman of the physiology department, has spent many summers at Woods Hole and has taught at the famed research station. Prof. Ann Haven Morgan, chairman of the zoology department, has a cottage at Woods Hole and has taught at the research station. Zoology Prof. Christianna Smith has also taught there, and Prof. Emeritus Abby Turner, former chairman of the physiology department, went there for years for research work.
Charlotte Haywood is on Glady's picnic tablecloth. Abby Turner isn't, but I have a letter she wrote to Alma, and I think she's mentioned in a Fernbank News or two. I may well have come across Christianna Smith's name somewhere or other, but I don't really remember.
Dr. Paul Galtsoff, director of the laboratory, reported to the bureau here that probably $100,000 damage was inflicted on the station.
Google AI tells me that $100,000 in 1944 is worth nearly $1,900,000 in 2026.
2.
A number of physiology and zoology department professors at Mount Holyoke college have done summer work and taught classes at Woods Hole.
This article is attributed to the Associated Press in Washington, but I imagine that with this sentence, the Holyoke Transcript-Telegram started added in some local color.
3.
Prof. Emeritus Alma G. Stokey, retired chairman of the botany department, has spent many summers there and had to move out of her cottage at Woods Hole during the hurricane.
Here's the mention of Alma. Nothing we don't already know, of course.
4.
Prof. Charlotte Haywood, chairman of the physiology department, has spent many summers at Woods Hole and has taught at the famed research station. Prof. Ann Haven Morgan, chairman of the zoology department, has a cottage at Woods Hole and has taught at the research station. Zoology Prof. Christianna Smith has also taught there, and Prof. Emeritus Abby Turner, former chairman of the physiology department, went there for years for research work.
Charlotte Haywood is on Glady's picnic tablecloth. Abby Turner isn't, but I have a letter she wrote to Alma, and I think she's mentioned in a Fernbank News or two. I may well have come across Christianna Smith's name somewhere or other, but I don't really remember.
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