BASHING IT! - the Groton Long Point Yacht Club!
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Graham Gavert<br />
“FROM THE ARCHIVES”<br />
“How It All Began<br />
THE GLP News”<br />
In issue #7, I addressed <strong>the</strong><br />
origins of <strong>the</strong> Archives. But<br />
GLPʼs history canʼt be written<br />
without discussing <strong>the</strong> News<br />
itself where so many of our<br />
experiences here at <strong>the</strong> shore<br />
are captured. There had been<br />
a paper of some kind at <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Point</strong> prior, but <strong>the</strong> News as we<br />
know it today officially started<br />
with Vol. 1, No. 1 on Wednesday,<br />
July 2, 1941. Hereʼs <strong>the</strong><br />
announcement:<br />
“Today marks <strong>the</strong> debut of a<br />
new journalistic force in <strong>Groton</strong><br />
<strong>Long</strong> <strong>Point</strong>! The <strong>Groton</strong> <strong>Long</strong><br />
<strong>Point</strong> News, with more news,<br />
more features and more advertising<br />
than any publication hi<strong>the</strong>rto<br />
seen on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Point</strong>, makes<br />
its first appearance with this<br />
issue.<br />
“The <strong>Groton</strong> <strong>Long</strong> <strong>Point</strong> News<br />
is sponsored by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Groton</strong><br />
<strong>Long</strong> <strong>Point</strong> <strong>Yacht</strong> <strong>Club</strong> Inc., and<br />
will be managed by Vice<br />
Commodore W. P. “Sid” Burr<br />
and Howell R. “Big Boy” Geib<br />
who will be assisted by a large<br />
staff of <strong>Groton</strong> <strong>Long</strong> <strong>Point</strong> journalists.<br />
It will appear every<br />
Thomas (Zack) and Lynn<br />
Tsagarakis<br />
860 535-0301<br />
Wednesday during <strong>the</strong> summer.<br />
“A subscription to <strong>the</strong> paper is<br />
included with each club membership.<br />
The paper will be<br />
mailed to any place in <strong>the</strong><br />
United States. It has finally<br />
been made possible for those<br />
who would like fa<strong>the</strong>rs, uncles<br />
etc., to read of <strong>the</strong>ir childrenʼs<br />
athletic feats or of any o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
news of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Point</strong>, to have<br />
ano<strong>the</strong>r issue sent….<br />
“There are three hundred cottages<br />
on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Point</strong> and this year<br />
<strong>the</strong>re will be three hundred<br />
papers printed. If everybody on<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Point</strong> doesnʼt join <strong>the</strong> club<br />
<strong>the</strong>n, of course, it will be necessary<br />
to sell <strong>the</strong> remainder to<br />
those who didnʼt join. Here<br />
again <strong>the</strong>re is a change. There<br />
will be no more weekly peddling<br />
of <strong>the</strong> paper, but <strong>the</strong>re will be a<br />
campaign until those children<br />
on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Point</strong> who want to earn<br />
some easy money have finished<br />
selling … subscriptions to<br />
<strong>the</strong> non-members. Here is an<br />
opportunity for those who want<br />
to make some extra spending<br />
money. For every dollar subscription<br />
sold <strong>the</strong> salesman<br />
gets twenty-five cents, and for<br />
<strong>the</strong> special fifty center <strong>the</strong>re is a<br />
dime commission. [Note: perhaps<br />
<strong>the</strong> lower rate was for residents<br />
who didnʼt stay <strong>the</strong> entire<br />
summer] If you care to take<br />
advantage of this wonderful<br />
offer, see Mr. Burr or come to<br />
<strong>the</strong> ʻLaurierʼ cottage on <strong>the</strong> corner<br />
of Shore Avenue and<br />
Venetian Street.”<br />
Today, <strong>the</strong> News is free and is<br />
dropped off at our doorstep regularly,<br />
on Fridays, by a troop of<br />
friendly and dedicated delivery<br />
people, much like 70+ years<br />
ago. Thanks to our editor,<br />
Luise. and to <strong>the</strong> young people<br />
for helping to keep us all up to<br />
date with whatʼs happening on<br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>Point</strong>!<br />
New paper deliverer, Quinn Chase<br />
from San Francisco, brought along<br />
his SF Giants world championship<br />
baseball flag for his picture!<br />
Jeffrey Messina RPh<br />
A Full Service<br />
Neighborhood<br />
Pharmacy<br />
(860) 445-6431<br />
Fax (860) 446-0530<br />
116 FORT HILL ROAD, GROTON, 06340<br />
GLP NEWS Page 3<br />
DID YOU<br />
KNOW<br />
KING TOM<br />
King Tom farm in<br />
Charlestown, RI is <strong>the</strong> former<br />
home of <strong>the</strong> last Sachem of <strong>the</strong><br />
Narragansett tribe. Born in<br />
1736, Thomas Ninigret was<br />
crowned in 1746 with a headdress<br />
of blue and white “peage”<br />
(Wampum beads). Commonly<br />
known as King Tom, <strong>the</strong> young<br />
King displayed such promise<br />
and ability that Roger Williams<br />
helped to arrange for <strong>the</strong> boy<br />
King to be sent to England for a<br />
formal education. King Tom<br />
returned to Rhode Island in<br />
1750 with a set of house plans<br />
and built “Sachem House”,<br />
which is now <strong>the</strong> King Tom<br />
Farm bed and breakfast. The<br />
wainscoting and fine woodwork<br />
were made by craftsmen in<br />
Newport and shipped to<br />
Charlestown. It is said that<br />
King Tom was a “large, fleshy<br />
man” with an “uncommon<br />
appetite for strong drink”. He<br />
slowly sold off <strong>the</strong> majority of<br />
his thousand acre estate to pay<br />
his debts. King Tom died penniless<br />
and in a 'wretched state”<br />
late in <strong>the</strong> winter of 1769. It is<br />
said that <strong>the</strong> day before his<br />
death, he dined in Newport with<br />
<strong>the</strong> Governor. Sachem House<br />
is only a stoneʼs throw from<br />
Fort Ninigret and Coronation<br />
Rock is also on <strong>the</strong> farm property.<br />
Coronation Rock had<br />
been used for many centuries<br />
by <strong>the</strong> Narragansetts in <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
coronation ceremonies.<br />
Jon Fuller<br />
David Bell, President<br />
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