MAY 2015 HERITAGE NEWS

NO HERITAGE ASSOCIATON MEETING FOR MAY 2015

MEMORIAL DAY PARADE will be held on May 25th. BHA members are asked to meet on Connetquot Rd at 10:30am and march with the association to Memorial Park on Middle Rd. (Please wear white) 

FIRST BLOOM TEA (BHA members only) will be held Friday June 5, 2015 at 5:30pm on the porch at Meadow Croft. Members please email Jill Hansen jbh51@optonline.net to make a reservation and confirm what buffet item you will be bringing. Also remember to bring your own place setting, silverware, tea cup, teapot and beverage. Proper high tea attire is required, as is a donation of $5.00. (Purchase tickets for the Boat Cruise coming in July, at the First Bloom Tea)

ATTENTION GARDENERS: The garden is waking up and we are in need of volunteers to help maintain the Meadow Croft Garden as spring arrives. All you “Green Thumbs” please leave your name and phone number at 472-4625 and we will get back to you.

Docents: The association is in need of docents for Historical guided tours at Meadow Croft. It requires very little time, less than 2 hours a day, two days a month, June through October. If you or someone you know is interested in history please contact Harriet Mihlstin at 472-2118

                                                       

Have you paid your dues this year?

Send your membership to:​​​​​

Bayport Heritage Association​​​​​​

P.O. Box 4​​​​​​​

Bayport, NY 11705​​​​​​

Annual Dues: Family is $25, Individual is $15, and Seniors $10. *Please remember to include your name, address, phone number and Email address

ASCHS Quarterly Meeting: April 25, 2015

ASCHS Quarterly Meeting: Saturday, April 25, 2015 

 Meeting Host: BOHEMIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1519 Locust Ave., Bohemia, NY 

 Please contact Gene Horton if you would like more information or to attend this event.

Upcoming dates, 2015

April General Membership Meeting

Bayport, Blue Point, and Broadway

The twin hamlets of Bayport and Blue Point have been home to many well-known and famous actors, politicians, musicians, artists, and scientists throughout the years. But did you know that several Broadway performers also established their residences in our community? Join BBPHA’s Frank Giebfried to explore this fascinating history as we discuss the lives of actors Effie Shannon and her husband Herbert Kelcey, who spent summers on Snedecor Avenue. We’ll also explore the careers of producers and theater owners Louis C. Behman and Edward L. Bloom. Travel back in time to visit these and other entertainers and discover the lives they led in our town.

April 16th 2023

Bayport Blue Point Library

Time: 2:00

Light refreshments served!

Hope to see you there!

Meeting: April 19, 2015

April 19, 2015

2:00pm 

Bayport-Blue Point Library

Our local historian, Gene Horton, will present a program filled with 

FUN FACTS AND INTERESTING TRIVIA ABOUT BAYPORT AND BLUE POINT TODAY & YEARS AGO. 

This program will include stories, information and facts about our two communities, Bayport and Blue Point, and some well-known people, places, organizations, and businesses currently in these two hamlets. 

Come and enjoy this interesting and fun presentation!

As usual, refreshments will be served!

Welcome Spring!

We are now on Facebook.
 Check the Bayport Heritage Association's Facebook page!

St. Patrick's Day Parade, 2015

BAYPORT-BLUE POINT SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE 

This year’s parade will be on 

Sunday March 15, 2015. 

All heritage association members are invited to march in the parade showing their support of the association and the community. 

Meeting: March 8, 2015

THE BAYPORT HERITAGE ASSOCIATION MEETING will be held 

March 8, 2015 at 2:00 PM 

in the Community Room of the Bayport/Blue Point Public Library. 

John Hodge will be our speaker/performer this month. 

When was the last time you watched a silent movie (Buster Keaton) with a live piano player providing musical accompaniment?

Local musician John Hodge will be doing just that, along with other musicial selections. 

Don’t miss this unique opportunity!

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Also, at the meeting: The slate of your Board of Directors for the year 2015/2016 will be voted on at this March 8th meeting. They are:

Jaci Montgomery, President

Bill Hansen, Vice President

Mary Bailey, Corresponding Secretary

Connie Smith, Recording Secretary

Jill Hansen, Treasurer

Directors: Joe Novak, Tom Maher, David Harrenberg, John Amato, Laura Amato

Interesting Lecture

Karl Auwaerter of Bayport Flower Houses will be presenting 

the "History of the Flower Industry in Bayport and Sayville."  

He will discuss the birth of the industry and its impact on the local economy.

Sayville Library 

Sunday, March 1, 2015 

2:00 PM.    

February Meeting, 2015

The February General Membership Meeting of the Bayport Heritage Association will be

 February 8, 2015, 2:00 PM 

Please meet us in the Community Room of the Bayport/Blue Point Library. 

The speaker will be Natalie Naylor on the topic of her latest book, 
WOMEN IN LONG ISLAND'S PAST. 

Refreshments will be served, as usual. 

See you there!

Meeting: January 11, 2015

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING 

Sunday January 11, 2015

2:00 P. M.

Annie McIntyre will present her program on monarch butterflies, their life cycle and migration.

As usual, this event will be in the Community Room of the Bayport/Blue Point Library.

Refreshments will be served!

Suffolk County Historical Society Meeting

Suffolk County Historical Society in Riverhead

MEETING, PROGRAM and LUNCH: Cost $40 per person including gratuity and tax.  

    

Date:  Sat., Feb. 7, 2015:    

• 8:30 am:  Registration and morning refreshments    
• 9:00: President Gail Horton, overview    
• 9:15:  Katherine Curran, Executive Director - Welcome and Tour    
• 10:15:   Betty Ann Richardson - Exhibit talk on "Ageless Beauty Dolls"    
• 12:15-2:30 pm: Lunch at the The Dark Horse Restaurant in Riverhead    

             For questions and instructions for payment: 

Please contact ASCHS Gail Horton at 631-477-0631 or Gene Horton 631-363-6487

The Music of Christmas at Meadow Croft

The Music of Christmas at Meadow Croft

Saturday and Sunday, December 6^th and 7^th, 2014

Noon to 4pm

Admission: $5 for adults and

$3 for seniors & children age 4-12.

Not suitable for children under 4 years of age

The Bayport Heritage Association and the Suffolk County Department of Parks invite the public to their annual Christmas at Meadow Croft event.

Meadow Croft is the 1891 estate of John E. Roosevelt and family. The house will be decorated in a Victorian/Edwardian motif with beautiful wreathes, poinsettias and greenery, magnificently reminiscent of a hundred years ago.

Reflecting the theme of “The Music of Christmas” musical selections will be played on the original Roosevelt grand piano filling the house with seasonal music.

·      Upstairs, special exhibits will be on display for public enjoyment.

·      Hot chocolate and cookies will add to the coziness of the occasion.

·      St. Nicholas, the Dutch version of Santa Claus, will be there to look up individual children’s names in his ledger. He’ll check to see who’s been ‘naughty and nice’ in 2014.

·      All decorations will be raffled off.

For more information, please contact:

Gene Horton, 631-363-6487

genehblupt@aol.com

Meeting, November 9, 2014

November 9th, 2014, Sunday, 2pm

Community Room of the Bayport Blue Point Library

Skip Bement is a musician who has been playing in clubs and concerts in and around New York since 1966. Although he now lives in Bellport, he grew up in the south where he developed his love of PIEDMONT and DELTA BLUES.  He plays this great old music on an acoustic guitar.

Refreshments, as always, will be served.

The Bayport House, Grey Horse Tavern

Here is the history of the Grey Horse Tavern, once known as the Bayport House, as written by town historian, Gene Horton:
Thank you Dennis Fagan for the link!

http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1s490/BayportBluePointGaze/resources/20.htm

AUTUMN HOUSE TOUR

This year’s tour was an opportunity to see inside some of the more interesting home in the area.

We want to thank Jaci Montgomery and the house tour committee: 

Jill Hansen, Alida Thorpe, Barbara Sherman, Carole Pichney and Anna Duggan for all their hard work. 

We also want to thank the volunteers who staffed each of the houses, the antique car owners, the Sayville Garden Club.

Much appreciation goes to Country Junque, The BBP Library and Bayport Flower House for selling tickets for the event. 

Finally, we must thank the homeowners: Kristy & Frank Giacchetto, Eleanor Cheslak, Jeanette & Thomas McMahon, Michelle & Tony Badalamenti, and Andrea & Tim Palmer for graciously opening their homes for this year’s tour. 

Thank you all, for your help and participation!

Meeting: October 12, 2014

October 12th, 2014, Sunday 
 2:00pm, Bayport Blue Point Library

This month's speaker is Monica Musetti-Carlin. She is a journalist from Sayville and has worked for the Suffolk County News for the past 14 years in marketing and advertising. She will be presenting a talk and demonstration surrounding the autumn apple harvest and will be serving her signature applesauce and applesauce cake. Both recipes appear in her book: 

COUNTRY COMFORT: HARVEST.

House Tour 2014

The Bayport Heritage Association

28th Autumn House Tour

Sunday, October 19th 2014, 1pm-5pm.

Tickets are $25 per person and all proceeds go to the Bayport Heritage Association.

You can buy the tickets beginning October 1^st, at the following locations:

•              Country Junque on Middle Road

•              Bayport Flower House

•              Bayport-Blue Point Library 

Featuring unique homes in Bayport and Blue Point of historical and architectural significance.

Antique cars will be on display at all locations.

Please note that, out of respect for the homeowners, children under 12, high heels, food or drink and cameras will not be allowed.

Refreshments will be served at Meadow Croft.

Additional antique cars will be displayed.

Limited Tickets are available!

Free Concert in August

August 20th, Wednesday

6:00pm

Concert in the Park

Former local resident Jack Waterfall, along with Jack Licitra, Sydney Swinson, Corey Swinson and Nick Russell will play a world-beat jam session.

Bring a chair and bug spray.

Don't miss this free event!

Annual Bay Cruise and Dinner, 2014

July 29th, Tuesday, at 5:30pm
Dinner at The Pier Restaurant.
Cost $60 for BHA members, $80 for non-members.

Boarding will begin at 5:30pm at the Sayville Ferry Terminal on Brown's River.

Only 115 tickets will be sold. Mail checks to Diana Walch, 121 Barton Lane, Bayport to be received no later than July 22. 
Include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Tickets will be mailed to you.
Limited parking is available so car pooling is encouraged. 
This cruise is not suitable for children.
Ferry departs at 6:00pm SHARP so don't miss the boat. 
Questions? Call Diana Walch at 631-472-1898.