Fred Jurges
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Fred Jurges was Commodore. This year he had the thrill of presenting
the trophy for winning the Heavy Weather Race to a member of our club, Captain
Fred Steinkraus. After an absence of 7 years the trophy came home. There
were 107 entries and the "Merry Me II" led with an error of .6781.
During this period from 1947 to 1956 and stretched over a period of several
years, we ran into some unexpected legal trouble. It seems that a party by
the name of Hugh Banks suddenly appeared with a decision that we were
encroaching on his property as he had a lease for oyster rights on the tide
lands occupied by our floats. His claim could have developed into a financial
shock that would have been more than we could have absorbed. Through the
diligent efforts of Captain Bob Crees and the legal advise of Marion Garland,
the state decided that since Mr. Banks had only held this lease on paper and
had never made any attempt to cultivate an oyster bed, his claims were null -
and void. Three years of work went into this litigation and the club will
always be grateful to Dr. Crees and Mr. Garland.
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Further to 1956, however, we note that the concrete bulkhead in front of the
clubhouse collapsed and Captain Ted Hyde was contracted to restore it. Our
Christmas ship was Ray Hart's "Donolie".
Hal Edwards
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1957; Hal Edwards was our leader. Discussion started regarding the sale of
property we had purchased on Point Monroe. The original idea was to provide a
rendezvous for our boats, but anchorage was not practical. There were two
interested parties and V. C. Huston was authorized to advertise the property
for $6,000.00. Sale was finally consummated at $5,500.00. Not bad on an
original cost of $600.00. other improvements this year consisted of black
topping the yard, purchasing a new mimeograph, and securing a magnet of
sufficient power to recover tools dropped overboard by work parties. This
worked fine until somebody dropped the magnet. Christmas ship was the
"Vivienne", owned by Captain Eddie Bjork.
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