125 Years Ago 1901
From The East Hampton Star, July 19
While Frank B. Barnes of Amagansett was riding his bicycle through the street on Monday, a dog ran in front of his wheel and Mr. Barnes took a header, resulting in a bad cut below the knee and a broken wheel. The dog is alive and watching for other victims.
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The editorial and reportorial staff of the Brooklyn Eagle went to Montauk last Sunday by special train. The party, which numbered 64, were served with dinner and supper at the Montauk Inn by Prop. Theo. Conklin. After dinner they were driven to the Montauk Lighthouse.
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The fact that the water furnished by the village water works is first pumped into a large storage tank need not cause anyone to fear that the water drawn from faucets is not fresh. The consumption of water during the summer is so great that the storage tank, which holds 85,000 gallons, frequently has to be filled twice in a day.
100 Years Ago 1926
From The East Hampton Star, July 16
That Carl G. Fisher, who is making the big development at Montauk, has a friendly feeling toward the fishermen living there was learned this week by a Star representative through a very reliable source.
For several months, in fact ever since the news first came out that Mr. Fisher had bought 10,000 acres of land at Montauk, had formed the Montauk Beach Development Corporation and planned to make Montauk the leading summer resort in the east, the Montauk fishermen have listened to all sorts of rumors as to what was going to become of them when the time came. There were rumors that every fisherman would be ordered to move his house and fishing gear off the beach. So many rumors were circulated that the fishermen were all at sea in regards to their future.
We were told yesterday that Mr. Fisher is more than willing to cooperate with the fishermen in making a general clean-up of the beach frontage.
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When Louis F. Wiley, business manager of the New York Times, was told by his physician that he needed a rest at the sea-shore, with plenty of sunshine, his first thought was “I’ll go to East Hampton.” Now Mr. Wiley has never “summered” with us but he has spent some time here in past years as the guest of his friend F.B. Wiborg, and the idea of nice, quiet East Hampton (he confessed to the writer that he liked East Hampton because it has retained its village simplicity) appealed to him so strongly that he has come to spend two months with us; a very long stay for such a busy man as he must be.
75 Years Ago 1951
From The East Hampton Star, July 19
Bernard Shaw’s “Candida” starring Olivia de Havilland will open Monday and continue through Saturday evening, with matinees on Wednesday and Friday, at the John Drew Theatre in Guild Hall.
Miss de Havilland, twice an Academy Award winner (“To Each His Own” and “The Heiress”) has also been cited by the Independent Theatre Owners of America as the leading box-office attraction among feminine stars.
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Dr. Doris Zenger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zenger of East Hampton, has arrived here and began practice on Tuesday morning. She will be associated with Dr. David Edwards and Dr. Fay P. Greene Jr., and has office hours at Dr. Edwards’ from 9 to 10:30 a.m. every morning, taking house calls at other hours in the day. Dr. Zenger is a pediatrician. Until her arrival, East Hampton had no specialist in children’s diseases this year.
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In a forceful speech to the Guild Hall Trustees on Monday, Edward E. Bartlett, Jr., chairman of the Board, stated that, due to the constantly rising cost of operation and need for major repairs, it has become imperative to work out a plan whereby Guild Hall’s annual income may be increased.
Guild Hall (which includes the Moran and Woodhouse Galleries, and the John Drew Theatre) has come to be the focal point of social and cultural activities for East Hampton and vicinity throughout the entire year, and prides itself in maintaining the highest standards in the art, drama, and educational fields.
50 Years Ago 1976
From The East Hampton Star, July 15
The Montauk Lighthouse will take its place in the annals of the East End’s Bicentennial celebration Saturday, when two ceremonies are held on the Lighthouse grounds at 10 a.m.
The first will be the presentation to the Montauk Light Station of a bronze plaque commemorating the importance of the Lighthouse by Councilwoman Mary A. Fallon. The second ceremony will be the presentation of a Bicentennial flag and certificate from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration officially designating the Station as “Coast Guard Bicentennial Command.”
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Of about 40 persons who appeared Thursday night at an “informational meeting” on the topic of “senior citizen” housing in East Hampton Town, only one expressed unqualified enthusiasm for the idea, and he was a developer who wants to build two such projects here.
The majority of the audience appeared to be senior citizens. Several denounced the notion that their peers would want to live in a project.
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Monday’s meeting of the East Hampton Ladies’ Village Improvement Society, at the Maidstone Club, apparently settled one of the most controversial issues ever to confront the organization. Its members, still grim-faced and tense from the conflicts that grew with a proposal to purchase the old Valley Bank building on Main Street as the permanent home of the L.V.I.S., rejected the plan, and turned their attention to the business at hand, most particularly the annual L.V.I.S. fair.
25 Years Ago 2001
From The East Hampton Star, July 19
East Hampton Town Justice Roger W. Walker warned Sean (Puffy) Combs this week that a warrant for his arrest would be issued if he failed to appear for an Aug. 13 arraignment hearing on charges stemming from alleged zoning violations at his $2.5 million house overlooking Gardiner’s Bay in Northwest Woods.
Speaking in Justice Court on Monday during the ninth hearing that the record company executive and rapper did not attend, the judge said, “I’ve been waiting for him to appear for some time. I see him in Times Square signing autographs. The next time he fails to appear, I’ll issue a warrant.”
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Every Sunday night, Gary Bartoloni, awakened by the boom boom boom of a reggae band’s bass, calls the police, livid, because his “constitutional rights to peaceful enjoyment are being violated,” he said.
Complaints about noise are nothing new here, but Sag Harbor, with its narrow streets and limited parking, only 1.7 square miles in area, is home to one of the busiest restaurant and nightclub scenes on the South Fork.
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For more than two hours last Thursday evening, East Hampton Villagers took a look at their community inside and out — at its business areas and neighborhoods, its beaches, wetlands, and remaining open spaces, at who lives here and who no longer can afford to, at its place in the region, and at its history and what can be done to protect its future.
