By Sue Clark on Jan 24, 2008 in Featured, Other | Comments Off
Furniture Needed For Restoration
The Lorain (Ohio) Lighthouse may be missing its Fresnel Lens, but the Port of Lorain Foundation is nonetheless working to redo the house in period furniture. Their dilemma right now, though, is what era? According to a story in the Morning Journal, the choice is between the 1920s, from when the lighthouse was first built (1917), or the 1950s, from which they have photos. Two committees are working on collecting donated furniture in good condition to help with the cost. Items like beds, stoves, desks, kitchen tables are needed.
By Sue Clark on Jan 5, 2008 in Other | Comments Off
Lake Havasu City Wins at the Fiesta Bowl
A replica of the Buffalo (NY) Lighthouse and the London Bridge won the Sweepstakes Award for Most Outstanding Float in the recent Fiesta Bowl Parade, held in Phoenix, Arizona on December 28. The float was part of a $40,000 sponsorship package contracted by the Lake Havasu Convention and Visitors Bureau. Walking next to the float in the parade were representatives from the Lake Havasu City Fire and Police departments and Lake Havasu City Magistrate Clyde Andress. According to the walkers, there was a loud, enthusiastic response to the float from the crowd. Photo of the winning float is below, from an unknown submitter to the story at the Havasu News Herald.
By Sue Clark on Dec 25, 2007 in Other | Comments Off
Season’s Greetings
Some delightful Lighthouse Christmas stories for your reading pleasure…
- Couple’s 70th Anniversary is Christmas
It was Christmas Day 1937, and as the couple was exchanging wedding vows in the lighthouse that Emily grew up in, something interrupted them…
- A Beacon At Christmas
The lighthouse was more than a place of work for Abbott. It was also home for his family - his wife Sarah and 11 children: Sophie, Fred, Joe, Jack, Meta, Phyllis, Elizabeth, Winnie, Una, Hubert Jr. and Ruby. And at Christmas time, their home was a beacon not just for ships at sea, but for the lonely and poor. The lighthouse became an open house as the family celebrated the spirit of Christmas.
By Sue Clark on Dec 3, 2007 in Other | Comments Off
A free unique printable lighthouse card for your holiday card sending from Lighthouse News. The file consists of three pdf files and instructions. One file is the entire card in one page, two of the others are the card in separate files. Whichever way to print is covered. It’s in the form of a zip file, and a readme is included.
Credit goes to Mark Allen for the original photo and to Sue Berry for photoshopping it. Card design by Lighthouse News. Inside of the card reads as below (green text on the top of the inside and the red in the signature area).
By Sue Clark on Nov 23, 2007 in Other | 1 Comment
With Thanksgiving just past us and the holiday season in full swing, this tale from Seamond Ponsart Roberts is well worth repeating. Seamond is the daughter of one of the last civilian lightkeepers, and has graciously agreed to let Lighthouse News repost this story, originally published on the Flying Santa website. And for those of my readers in Maine: Jeremy D’Entremont, lighthouse historian and author, and Brian Tague, president of the Friends of the Flying Santa, will present a program on the Flying Santa Program at the Friendship, ME, Town Hall. Captain Bill Wincapaw of Friendship, the original Flying Santa, started the program to deliver Christmas gifts to lighthouse kids in 1929. See the Events Calendar for details on the program (november 27).
By Sue Clark on Oct 31, 2007 in Other | Comments Off
For Halloween, the tale of the piano playing ghost at Seguin Island is a perfect way to get into the spirit of the season. This tale was also featured in the Maine Sunday Telegram on October 28, so for those that haven’t seen it, let me share the story, along with an unsolicited letter I received in email not too long ago. Let me mention here that the person describing this haunting tale, A Memory on the Wind, is very reputable. Her evocative portrait of that sunny day on Seguin Island says more for the presence of the lingering spirit of the wife than anything I’ve read. With this unsolicited story, from a person that had no knowledge of any ghost story, Seguin Island, lone sentinel of an island in the Atlantic off the coast of Maine is truly one of our most haunted lighthouses.
The Lorain (Ohio) Lighthouse may be missing its Fresnel Lens, but the Port of Lorain Foundation is nonetheless working to redo the house in period furniture. Their dilemma right now, though, is what era? According to a story in the Morning Journal, the choice is between the 1920s, from when the lighthouse was first built (1917), or the 1950s, from which they have photos. Two committees are working on collecting donated furniture in good condition to help with the cost. Items like beds, stoves, desks, kitchen tables are needed.
If you’re in New South Wales, Australia, on Sunday, October 19, get out your running shoes for the very scenic Run For Breast Cancer. The Coordinator for the event wants to see at least five runners or walkers for each breast cancer patient on the North Coast. That translates to 1000 or so participants.
