125 Years Ago 1900
From The East Hampton Star, November 9
NEW YORK, Nov. 7 — McKinley has been elected president by the highest electoral vote ever given a candidate for the presidency, far exceeding the vote for Cleveland in the landslide of 1892.
He will have a majority of 129 in the electoral college, with Nebraska's vote in doubt. According to the very latest returns, the figures are: McKinley, 284; Bryan, 155; doubtful, 8.
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Yesterday's weather was more like summer than many days in June have been. During the forenoon the thermometer registered 70 degrees, and if one rode about the town they could see tree, bush and vine in foliage — roses in bloom, yards bedecked with chrysanthemums, and the grass everywhere is green as in July. In the afternoon a regular summer thunder storm visited us. Now look out for cooler weather.
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When you feel that life is hardly worth the candle take a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will cleanse your stomach, tone up your liver and regulate your bowels, making you feel like a new man. For sale by Van Scoy & Dayton and Rackett and Co., Amagansett.
100 Years Ago 1925
From The East Hampton Star, November 6
President Coolidge has proclaimed Thursday, Nov. 26, as Thanksgiving Day, when gratitude should be expressed for "many and great blessings" which have come to the people during the past year.
The nation has been brought with safety and honor through another twelve months, the proclamation said, at peace at home and abroad, with the public health good, with harvest and industries productive and labor well rewarded.
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In an election, as well as in anything else, unless there is a contest little excitement reigns. This was proven here last Tuesday, when one of the quietest elections in the history of the township was held. There were really only two contests, for town clerk and justices of the peace.
Lyman B. Ketcham and C. Louis Edwards practically fought a lone fight, as far as the Democratic ticket was concerned. Mr. Ketcham squeezed through with only a twenty-five majority over his Republican opponent, S. Gardner Osborn, Mr. Ketcham's vote being 771 and Mr. Osborne's 746. It was the newly created district of Montauk that elected Mr. Ketcham, his majority in the other six districts being only three votes.
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Montauk is being metamorphosed. Visitors who came for opportunities to purchase land a few weeks ago find that there is no land to be bought. Almost every acre available, within thirty miles of this place, has been eagerly sought by realtors, either for speculation or development, since announcement of Carl Graham Fisher's big acquisition of 9,000 acres of Montauk lands for a recreational resort.
75 Years Ago 1950
From The East Hampton Star, November 9
In an election marked by many upsets, both on the national scene and here in Suffolk County, voters on Tuesday indicated that the day of straight-ticket voting is a thing of the past. Governor Thomas E. Dewey was re-elected over his Democratic-Liberal opponent, Representative Walter A. Lynch, by approximately 450,000. Vincent R. Impellitteri, an Independent Democrat with no party backing except that of the hastily assembled Experience Party, triumphed over Judge Ferdinand Pecora, Democratic-Liberal, and Edward Corsi, Republican. Senator Herbert H. Lehman, Democrat, was swept into office by a large majority of the ailing Lieut. Governor Joe R. Hanley, Republican.
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Michael Strange, author, poet and actress, who was the former wife of the late John Barrymore, and also the former wife of Harrison Tweed of New York and Montauk, died on Nov. 5 in Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She was 60 years old. Miss Strange had summered in East Hampton during her first marriage, to Leonard Thomas of Philadelphia; also during her marriage to Mr. Barrymore. She had summered at Montauk when she was Mrs. Harrison Tweed; that was her third marriage. They were divorced in 1942.
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The Ladies' Village Improvement Society met on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Paul Sinclaire, Mrs. Hamilton King presiding. Reports were read by Mrs. Norman Quarty and Mrs. N.C. Osborne, secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. H. Allen Wardle reported for the tree committee that Norman Armstrong's crew has been here for two weeks pruning dangerous dead wood. The tree and greens committees have met together regarding Town Pond, where shrubbery has been thinned and three dying trees, dangerous to motorists and skaters, have been removed quickly and efficiently without disturbing the pond banks.
50 Years Ago 1975
From The East Hampton Star, November 6
An exhaustive compilation of information about the geology, hydrology, and biology of the South Fork was made public today by the Group for America's South Fork as the heat of the election campaign began to cool.
Parts one, two, and three of the Group's environmental master study are the major sections of work that has been under way for the Group since its formation three years ago. The material, presented in draft handbook form, is supplemented by 24 large-scale maps that present the information in graphic form. These have been made available as research tools in the Group's office.
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Montauk
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Walsh are the parents of a son, born Oct. 27 at the Southampton Hospital.
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A number of obstacles lie in the path of proposed "senior citizen" housing here, not the least of which is the undetermined attitude of the new East Hampton Town Board that will have the final responsibility for the zoning changes necessary after Jan. 1.
Meeting Wednesday, Oct. 29, members of the Town's "ad hoc" planning and zoning committee also heard reservations about the three applications for apartment complexes that are now before the Department of Housing and Urban Development for approval.
25 Years Ago 2000
From The East Hampton Star, November 9
The South Fork went decidedly Democratic in voting for president on Tuesday, giving Vice President Al Gore the lead over Texas Gov. George W. Bush by 5,378 to 3,293 votes in East Hampton and 11,438 to 9,205 votes in Southampton.
Suffolk County also went for the Democratic presidential ticket by a vote of 285,337, or 53.2 percent of the tally, to 224,039, or 41.7 percent. Voting was heavy, with two-thirds of eligible voters in both South Fork towns and nearly 68 percent of eligible voters in the county casting ballots.
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It was 50 years ago that American forces were sent to Korea to repel an invasion by Communist troops from the north. With a commemorative exhibit at Guild Hall in East Hampton this fall and recent memorial sculptures in Washington and Hauppauge, the conflict is not quite forgotten, yet many veterans still have a bitter feeling that history has overlooked their contributions.
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There are big changes in store for the East Hampton RECenter, but if everything goes as planned those who use the facility will barely notice them.
With the Y.M.C.A. poised to take over operation of the RECenter from the East Hampton Youth Alliance, and the youth alliance hoping to sell the building to the town, some are wondering what all this means to the recreation center they've gotten to know this past year.
