Niantic Bay Yacht Club

Hospcie Regatta this Wednesday!!

This Wednesday, July 16^th, is the Wednesday Night Race for Hospice. Please join in by sailing for Hospice or joining friends to watch the Race in support of Hospice. This will be sailed as part of the usual Wednesday Night series but will be scored using standard ESCA-PHRF ratings. The Wednesday night series will be scored using Wednesday Night handicaps – one race but you will get two scores. We encourage you to participate in the Hospice part of the event.

Racers - All you have to do… is complete a Hospice Registration Form available online at http://www.hospicesect.org/news/regatta_thanks.html or available Wednesday night at the club and pay your entry fee. Someone will be at the clubhouse (it will be obvious) to receive your registration and be sure you are entered in the event. NBYC has also invited some of the other local clubs (Smith Cove, etc.) to join us for this event. Hospice prizes will be awarded Wednesday Night after racing. Club members Sally Budds, Louise Woodruff and Linda Brousseau will be tending bar and will be serving a complimentary glass of wine or other spirits! A chicken barbeque will be served by the galley as part of the Wednesday Night Dinner at the usual prices.

This year the Niantic Bay YC’s involvement in Hospice events is being dedicated in memory of our fellow club member and friend, Ellen Miller, aka Mel. This is a fitting tribute to Mel as she was involved with the Hospice Regatta from the very beginning as a member of the original committee. Over the years Mel continued to contribute to the Regatta events in many ways including fundraising, working behind the scenes with food preparation or out on the water in a crash boat! All these volunteer efforts were done with Ellen’s usual enthusiasm, zest, and zeal.

Hospice tee shirts and hats will be available for purchase Wednesday evening.

sad news re Harry Howard - additional info

Additional information is listed below from The Day.

Honorary member of the Niantic Bay Yacht Club, Harry Howard, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2008. Harry was also a founding member of the club. He ran the Niantic Boat Yard for many years. He was an active part of the race committee years ago as he provided one of the Boat Yard’s work boats as a race committee boat. Funeral arrangement details are not known at this time but we will pass along information as we learn of any details.

Harry S. Howard

Niantic - Harry S. Howard, 86, of 7 Dodge Court, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2008, at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London.

Mr. Howard was born on October 4, 1921 in Niantic, he was the son of H. Melville and Naomi Beljean Howard. He attended local schools and graduated from Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Va., in 1940. He served in the United States Army during World War II in the European Theater. On October 8, 1945, Mr. Howard was married to Hazel Ritenour in Woodstock, Va. Mr. Howard was also the owner of the former Niantic Boat Yard. He was a 50 year member of the Bay View Lodge #120 AF and AM in Niantic and was active in other affiliates of the Mason's. He was a member of the Niantic Baptist Church, Niantic Fire Department, Niantic Bay Yacht Club and American Legion Post #128 and VFW Post 5849, both in Niantic. He also served as the East Lyme/Waterford Harbor Master from 1964 to 1983.

Besides his wife, Mr. Howard is survived by his son, Philip E. Howard ,of Niantic, his daughter, Mary V. Howard and her husband, Douglas Chesler, of Groton, his sister, Ruth C. Kabel of Bothel, Wa; and his four grandchildren, Mary H.M. Howard of Niantic, Philip E. Howard Jr. and his wife Teresa of Westerly, R.I.; and Benjamin and Julia Farrar, both of Groton.

There will be no calling hours. Funeral services will be at the convenience of the family. Fulton-Theroux Funeral Home of Niantic is handling the arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the MPD (Myeloproliferative Disorders) Foundation, 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 375, Chicago Ill 60606 www.mpdfoundation.org.

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