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SpeThe River Rats presen threea, 'ards each year for
outstanding
achievements' b. a child or famil\,. The :vlayor's award, for
thegreatest allaround achievement
I for the year, wenl to Miss D a v I ~ -Ison. Mayor Milton
Rosene of FaIrHaven presented hili award.
The Captain Ed Little memorlallrophy, for the child r . f ~ n l
\ l yImost embodring the SPlrlt Ofjhelpfulness, CO-oQperation
andthusiasm, went to th DavIdIGoodWin rami y. The late Capt.
ILittle wa the skipper of one ('Ifthe last steamers to pu t in at
theport of Fair Raven.
The Commodore' award, 0 thl!'child or family doing the ma stor
the advancemen and development of River Rat dw' g thyear. went to
Mis uyosevich.I Commodore William RO()ney Ilresented this award.Th
trophies were presented byIkipper Bob Brockmann vith theassistance
of fleet captain HenryThomas. Other River Rat officera r ;
Fral.ier, xecutive officer;Edward Koenig er, Jr" chief officer;
Walter lsbrandt en, fir tofficer: Dave Goodwin, second officer;
Mrs. David Asch, pur er,and Mrs. obert Beck. )'eo an.
The club IS spo1\soring a fallseries for Indian SCouts and
BlueJavs on Sunda s. Th Bl\le Ja 'serle:; is open to the Atlan
icHighlands Y. C. and ShrewsburyS. & Y,C. fleets.
rna o eVI ]1 ec Rus II H. 1\1 tOll Tropl y
FAIR HAVE. Sail ors of the Sco Its, first place was taken River
Rats or ganization turned Dirk Isbrandtscn; second by hlSlandlubber
SWlday when they, brother Carl l s ~ a n d t . ~ e n , andcame
ashore to participate In third. Jody Martin."Trophy Day," a day in
which Junior awards In Blue Javsthe skippers and rew picked up \ ~
e [ ' e w0!l by. L I'm. Isbl'andtsel1.their silver hardware after a
first Pillp hmnock,. second . and"ummer eason of ailing. Nina
uyosevlch, thIrd,. R II H Minton pre- Adult pennant '....ere
awardedMayor llsse; h to in the ladies open races of In-Isemed the
~ l a y o r trop ; est dian Scouts to Evelyn Isbrandtr~ ~ ~ ; u S ~
Y I ~ ~ d o ~ ~ ~ ~ o ~ e ~ ~ n t . ! sen. first: June M a ~ t i n
. s e c o ~ u .
'w ernen and Val Jose, lIurd. Ladles'Wil\t m Rooney,. who was
mas- Open in Blue Jays were won byt f c e r e m o ~ l e s , e x p r
e s s ~ d Happy lfitchcock, fir t: Rookypt.-etal appreciation of
the enti ChID'nock second and Edith. R' R t Peter Ic 'band l i v e
r a s a Fraser, [hiI'd.Donough, Rumson. Wl10, al.though The Indian
SCOUl opcn racesa onmemb ,served d u r l ~ g the any skipper, any
CJew, were wonlmm l ' s e a ~ o n , Whether It was b Becks '" ury,"
first place;rontor or hand, M c D o ~ o u g . h wasllsbrandt en's
"Flying pray,"I il . there to provld It. I second, and Johnson's
"LittleWalt r lsbrandt en opened the Chum" thirdm ies with a speci
I inv - T h 'Blue .1 ay open race awa rdsarion hich was writ en by
the wenl to Bill Hitchcock, first;air Haven skipper. 1Quentin
Fraser, second, and Ipa
ap Edward Lltlle's nephew, Vu osevich, Ulird.Harvev Little of
Fair Ha en, A ter luncheon prOVided by Billprcseri'ted the Capt.
Edward Lit- and Happy Hitchcock as host andtIc award to andy
Chinnock. ho.te s, two races were voted forTrophies awarded in the
Blue n the spot because. of t i ~ e c ~ a l . Ja y class for the
spring lenge of the steadily stiffenmgsummer series went to Quentm
Ibreeze.Fraser first place: Betty Min- The first open raCe of
Blueton s ~ c o n d and Bill Hitchcock, Jays was won by Jim
Hinton's
thi ;d ' Rebel." Bob Brockman' 'Ro children's awards In the gue"
took second, amI i'13 uynovice class of Indian S outs o s e v ~ '
". ellic;' thirfl.went to Dirk Isbrandtsen, first 111e Indian Scout
op n .raceplace, Carl lsbrandtsen, second, I was won by Dirk
Tsbrandlst'll;and Peter John on, tilird. Alii Hal John on, second,
and Jackawards were given a the boats Jamison, third.rather than to
individuals be- The nexl race was declaredcause tne boats were
sailed by the fir t ofUelal on f tile r ~ l l various kippers and
crew. series. Fo r the Blue .Ta. s, Pblp
IBlue Ja y novice prizes were Chinnock in "Hootie" won first
awarded to Rosem ry and Margo Iplace; Pa t Bow'ditch in
"GaviFraser, first place; Candy Chin- ota" took second, and Bud
Ru.nock in "!loolie," second, and sell in "Swish" \Va thIrd.
TheChad a n d ' Sabin Ru sell, in rndian cout race wa . won
by"SWIsh," third . Hal .Iohnson; Jack Jaml'on. 'ee-In the junior en
, Indi an ont!, apd D l r l ~ J s b r a n ~ l r d .
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River ats B g........... earn g 54(Last of a Series)
FA HA.m - In October,IO;J4 twenty - upnt families began classe
to teach their childrenwater safety and seamanshi,.Thus began the
River R a t ~ , anoffshoot of Dads Inc., a Fair Ha- ven youth v,6rk
gro':>.Robert Brockman, the R i ,- e rRats' skipp-er, says: "We
arc nola achting cluh, but a grcupof dedicated parents who wan t10
ee our chi drcn prop 1'1)' inructed abollt the w a ~ : : '."
Tbi foil 's e aim of he clue)as sated in the consti ution: "
lopromote int re't in aquatic acti\'itie. mong children and II>
02n-coura"e family pa.rliciPation."Wilh the members' r l 1 i l d ~
.. I . awlin ail around the :-:,Brockman feels Rive Ra :5
anappropriate name for he cluD.Progress NotedIn tbe past seven
year. theRivel' Rat have e tabUshed three - ol sail' _ts, found a
home.org' nized a lraining program, :mdi H:r-eased .hcir member hi
fr 1m28 to 85 families.
The l i r t [Ieet wa tarte in1055 when the members ~ u i l t
twenly - one 21z-foot Indian Scoutsailboats, The next year the
BlueJay c1as- entered the club, inc easing the salling and
cI'ewingopportunities for nonboatownlD"T:1cmbers,The a-fool
fibergla Porpoisar River R Is barge headquarters, which has since
been sold.ailin pram followed lIe IsueY-------
.Ja ' At p' e nt the prams a ebeinO' modified with tailor
mastsand greater saH are to m a k ehem easier Lo handle or s ai l
fa!>ter .. fLel' some shuffling a ' \ } ~ t n d , theRi er Hat
are now [lerman"'!! tylocated on (ollr acres ,If \ "t .front l lUl
f and at th {'lid ofallio r a d on the . avesinkiver, The property
(orm"dyowned hy Gnrdner stout wasop ned up to Ihe Rivel' Rat
in195;). After three years, the nad10 move out when tbe
property.... . ld
