Workday at the Lighthouse

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Workday at the Lighthouse

6/15/2020

On Saturday, June 13th, some of the members of the Cape Vincent Improvement League joined some of the TPLHS board members and spouses for a workday at the lighthouse. We worked roughly 10-2 (some stayed later) getting the lighthouse and grounds all "spruced up" and ready for opening. We washed windows, swept and mopped floors, trimmed trees, cut bushes, and did tons of yardwork to make the grounds and buildings shine. CVIL contacted us about volunteering, and without them, we would never have gotten so much work done in one day! It was a great joint effort!

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Cindy link

4/7/2023 02:56:28 pm

Hello!

My uncle (Reuben Howard) served in the Coast Guard for at least 20 years, perhaps longer...I don't know exactly when he retired. From my best recollection as a child, he and his family lived at Tibbetts Point while he was stationed there as Lighthouse Keeper during the sixties.

My widowed mother was one of his many older sisters. She, I and two siblings used to visit them at Tibbetts Point almost every summer and also when he was stationed at Cape Elizabeth ME later in his Coast Guard career. Being the oldest, I used to get excited when we left Cape Vincent and started down the drive on Rt. 6, knowing I would be seeing them within minutes!

At Tibbetts, I remember eating breakfasts in the kitchen/dining room area with my family and our cousins, playing outside with them (even riding the lawn mower--got a picture of that!), watching the TV in the front room after dinner, which faced the direction of the lighthouse and seaway, taking a bath in the bathroom at the top of the stairs before heading off for bed. Uncle "Howie" was always a considerate and hard-working host but was firm in keeping us kids away from any danger when approaching the edges of rock-strewn coastline. Aunt Marlene and my mom kept us corralled and on our best behavior at all times! We always had a great time watching the huge ships that passed by and my mother enjoyed seeing the tankers.

Would you be able to tell me the actual years that my Uncle served at the Lighthouse? Do you have a history of the keepers that were stationed there? I will see if I can retrieve pictures from the times we visited the property long before it was run as a hostel. I would love to see current pictures of the interior of the keeper's home (manager's home now I think). Would that be possible?

Cindy Chudoba

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