News From Back Home on Long Island Saturday evening and the gang is back on Cupsogue Beach. I know a few of our Sachem alumni were big fans of Cupsogue Beach in Westhampton. Everyone was drinking Margaretas and singing Margaretaville! For those of you that deserted Long Islend! "Its your own damned fault!" Ha!Ha!......
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Yesterday they had a contest on Westhampton Beach. Sculptors competed against each other to see who was the greatest of all! I just love this one because I can connect with it!  A Shark biting a boat! Hummmm.... I am a former boat owner, and I was "almost bit by a shark!" Now how can you almost be bitten by a shark? Welllll Its a long story. I will tell you the next time I see you! Its fun to tell Shark stories!!! Anyway this shark is about 18 feet long, and I could sware that he snapped his jaws as I walked nearby!  Ha! Ha! If anyone knows the artist please let me know so that I could put his name on this photo.
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The Shark Sculpture is dear to my heart because I owned a boat. Screwed to the wall in my office is the actual hull of a genuine boat. This piece of art work which bears the title "Why I Sold my Boat," is a constant reminder to me, of the trials and tribulations of being a boat captain!

The two pieces of broken boat line are remnants of my own personal episodes of "Disaster at Sea." My son's boat broke loose on two separate occasions, during ferocious storms. Dad and his grandson had to rescue the boat in 90 Mile per hour winds, during a storm surge! Scared the hell out of me! I'm getting too old for this! Ha! Ha!

The piece of metal to the right of the Broken lines is the cleat from my boat that was literally torn off of my boat during a winter storm. It was this event that showed me that wet storage is not such a good idea!

Finally the jagged tears on the right hand side of the hull were caused by the jaws of a shark. The poor captain of this boat was attacked by a Sea Monster! So! You can see why I sold my boat!  Ha! Ha!

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We danced, sang, drank Margaretas, and watched the shark devour the boat! A great time was had by all!

Comment From Fern Spies:
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun! Sorry I missed it.

Fern


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From Gail Johnson Holland:

The two Gails had a wonderful visit in honour of their upcoming 70th birthdays. We had marathon yaking fests. We are fine and so are the husbands. We have very much enjoyed good health, happy retirement and good times. 

Gail Johnsen Holland

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Gail Tierney Griffith Visits Gail Johnson in London!

My husband Hoyt, our great niece AnnMarie, and I've just come back from two weeks in Dublin and London, with a lovely visit with Gail Johnsen and her husband Tony Holland sandwiched in between the two cities. Not only do Gail and I share our first names, but our birth month ~ November~ which we have been celebrating with cards and telephone calls for many years. We will be 70 shortly and it was my turn to visit. We made the most of the time catching up, especially chatting about those days at Sachem that brought us together and nurtured this lifetime friendship. A highlight of the visit was the chance to meet Gail's granddaughters, Destiny, Faith, and Hope ~ three delightful bundles of energy. The youngest, Hope, shares her grandmother's flair for the dramatic! It was Mrs. Johnsen who took Gail, her sister Judy, and lucky me to New York City to see our first Broadway show Pajama Game for our 15th birthdays. That kindness ignited a lifetime love of the theater in me. Now we are looking forward to Gail and Tony visiting us in Hendersonville, NC, sometime soon.



Gail Tierney Griffith '59



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