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Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands, Inc.

Founded in 2007

Forum Spring / Summer 2015

In this Edition:

President’s Corner FOPPI Update

Feature Articles FOPPI Happenings

FOPPI Special Events FOPPI Women in Preservation

Preserving Memories

Island Inspirations

Tiny Houses on Plum Island, Part II

A Hazardous Trip All the Way

Light Lessons The Last of the Fresnel Lens

Nature’s Notebook Plum Island Wildflowers

Music Review I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper

Ah, summer is here! That means fitting in lots of trips to the islands during this window of good weather. Here’s an update on what’s happening. The USFWS has a Maintenance Action Team coming to Plum Island July 21-30 to do building stabilization work. Anyone interested in volunteering to help the team should email Francis Gercz, a park ranger and volunteer coordinator with the USFWS, at francis_gercz@fws.gov. Frank said he is looking for up to three volunteers each day to assist with projects. Unfortunately, the grant FOPPI applied for through the National Park Service was not accepted. Instead, the Board has committed $22,000.00 toward dock repairs on Plum Island. The USFWS has an alternate idea to fund the Historic Structures Report. It involves a financial commitment from the Service as well as FOPPI. The HSR will result in an overall plan for the buildings and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Such a plan is necessary for getting approval from the state historical society for continued restoration work. Please consider making a donation toward this important step in the process. Scott Nelson is FOPPI’s new volunteer coordinator. He has done an excellent job of getting workers out to the island this spring and summer. We appreciate his efforts. You can email Scott Scott Nelson kc9ble@yahoo.com about other opportunities to volunteer. Thank you to Tim Windingstad for his service to the FOPPI Board of Directors. His hard work and outstanding organizational skills will be missed. Mary Beth Volmer is also stepping down from her director position. However, she will still be the editor of our newsletter, and she is the director of the Women in Preservation project. MaryBeth is a difference-maker, and we are thankful for her past service on the Board and for her continuing commitment to FOPPI. How about you? Are you thinking perhaps you might like to become more involved? We would welcome the addition of your time, treasure, and talents. Please contact me or another Board member for more information on helping to move the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands forward into the future. See you at the Annual Meeting and Picnic on Saturday, July 25th. Contact me to reserve your spot on the boat by July 15th.

Kind regards, Tim Sweet

The FOPPI Forum is published four times a year by the Friends of Plum & Pilot Islands, Inc. with the cooperation and assistance of the USFWS, Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

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FOPPI Forum back issues can be found at the

Washington Island Archives, the WI Marine Historical Society and the

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.

Plum Island rear range light 4th Order Fresnel Lens manufactured by Sutter Lemonnier & Cie, no. 342

in 1895

Paul Schumacher and Mary Beth Volmer presented

their program, Sailing Past Plum and Pilot Islands, to

the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society and the Wis-

consin Maritime History Museum.

The porch roof boards are being milled and will be

ready to be primed and painted before the end of the

season.

FOPPI Happenings

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The USFWS Maintenance Action Team (MAT) will be de-scending on Plum Island in late July to complete items identified by the USFWS safety inspector. The MAT team will work to put measures in place to deter any further deterioration of vital structures and ‘mothball’ others until available preservation funds become available.

James Myster and the Hamline University Archeology stu-dents will continue their dig on the remains of the first lighthouse on Plum Island this summer.

FOPPI Special Events

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Notice of the Annual Meeting The Annual Meeting of the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2015, beginning at noon on Plum Island. Transportation and lunch will be provided to all current members. Listed below is the meeting’s agenda. -Call to Order -Minutes of the 2014 Annual Meeting -Treasurer’s Report -As President, on behalf of the Board of Directors, I hereby nominate the following persons to be elected as Offic-ers and Directors of the Corporation for three-year terms:

Dan Nilsson – Director (three years to July 2018) Gary Wilson - Director (three years to July 2018)

Gordon Vieth – Director (three years to July 2018) Lew Clarke – Director (three years to July 2018) Mike Brodd – Director (three years to July 2018)

Scott Nelson – Director (three years to July 2018) *Other nominations may be made from the floor of the meeting. -Update from the US Fish and Wildlife Service -Volunteer Recognition -Special Guest Speaker – Todd Ginard, Coast Guard veteran responsible for the 2004 Plum Island cleanup project -Adjourn A hike to the range lights will follow lunch. Departure from Plum Island will begin at about 2 PM. Tim Sweet

Volunteer Workdays: ** Open Access Days ** Saturday, Aug 8th Saturday, Aug 8th Saturday, Aug 22nd Saturday, Aug 22nd Saturday, Sept 5th Saturday, Sept 12th Women in Preservation Days: Saturday, August 22nd—Snorkel the Grapeshot Saturday, September 12th—Monarch Count

FOPPI Women in Preservation

pres′er·va′tion (prĕz′ər-vā′shən) n. 1. The act of maintaining, protecting or keeping some-

thing in existence. 2. The careful maintaining and protection of something

valuable especially in its natural or original state. 3. The act or process of applying measures necessary to

sustain the existing form, integrity, and materials of an historic property.

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The Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands Women in Preserva-tion program turned two this year! We introduced Plum Island to women as far away as Minneapolis! Together we created new and preserved old memories. We have worked with mentors to create window cover-ings to protect the life-saving station windows; built the panels for the visitor’s kiosk; planted pollinator gardens for the migrating birds, bugs, bees and butterflies; and assembled Aldo Leopold-style benches in honor of those dear to us. We also taped a segment of Wisconsin Life that will be showing on WI Public Television this fall. Together we have preserved that which stands before us. In August we will work with the WI State Historical Arche-ologists to document the Grapeshot shipwreck. She will be featured on a Wisconsin Maritime Trail sign to be erected on Plum Island. In September ,we will participate in the USFWS Monarch count and get a baseline on the annual island migration. Together we will preserve our maritime history. We’re finding that preservation is not just a noun, but also a verb; a continuous work in process. The preserva-tion work that we’re doing is not limited to a hammer and nail, but the heart and soul of saving and preserving the core of our community — animal, plant, human. Join us as we continue to embrace our role in the continu-ing to preserve the Plum Island legacy. I can assure that you’ll leave Plum a bit more enlightened than when you stepped foot on the dock. It’s my goal for all to leave Plum with dirt under your fingernails and a learning expe-rience within your soul. Drop me an email with any questions, Mary Beth Volmer—mvolmer01@aol.com

Preserving Memories—Aldo Leopold Style

Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) was an American author, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wis-consin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which sold more than two million copies. Leopold’s writings helped people discover how to live in harmony with the nature world around them. It is said that Leopold would often sit on a simple bench outside of his cabin and contemplate the beauty of nature. By observing photographs and researching his essays, the Aldo Leopold Foundation formed a rough idea of what this bench may have looked like. In honor of Leopold, and other inspirational souls, the FOPPI Women in Preservation built 15 Aldo Leopold benches in 2014 and plan to build 6 more in 2015. The benches are placed along the trails so you too can relax and contemplate the beauty of nature, Plum Island, and Death’s Door. When you next visit Plum, search out these benches and seek out the sense of place that Leopold wrote of.

“There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot.” ~ Aldo Leopold

Donated by G. Roger and Barbara Bodart in honor of Roger’s father, Myron J. Bodart. Roger was born on Plum Island. Myron served in the Coast Guard from 1929 to 1934. The photo (right) is from when he served at the Racine Station.

Donated by Jean Fox in honor of her father, William J. Thomas. William (left) served on Plum and Pilot Islands from 1948 to 1954.

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“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” ~ Aldo Leopold

Preserving Memories—Aldo Leopold Style

Donated by Karen Tews in honor of Captain George Moe. Capt. Moe served on all three Door County stations: Plum Island, Baileys Harbor, and Sturgeon Bay. Karen’s mother, Henrietta Lenz, was a good friend of Moe’s in the mid 1920’s. On the back of a picture (right) she wrote: ‘Captain Moe was one of the most wonderful friends I ever had.’ He even signed her autograph book, which was quite the rage back then. Every year he sent her a Christmas tree from Baileys Harbor, and she wrote ‘who said there is no Santa Claus.’ She also talked of fond mem-ories of him presenting his card tricks to the children at the harbor.

Coastie: ‘Trip’, George Moe and Henrietta Lenz

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Plum Island is packed with memories like these just waiting to be told. I have yet hear a story that I’ve heard before. Memories are meant to be shared . . . and preserved. Join the FOPPI Women in Preservation in sharing and preserving the memories of those that have inspired us to stand just a bit taller. Send a check for $50.00 to Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands—PO Box 61—Washington Island WI 54246.

Aldo Leopold’s ‘shack’ and bench.

Scott Nelson, former Plum Island Station Coastie

Tiny Houses on Plum Island, Part II

By Mary Beth Volmer

ISLAND INSPIRATIONS

Whenever I visit Plum Island I make a point of spend-ing some quiet time listening intently for the stories that are captured within the rings of the trees, the sand on the beach and the walls of the buildings. My imagination takes me back to the days of the coasties and their families, who made memories on Plum Is-land. These were the pioneers — the men that risked their lives to assure that the Great Lakes mariners made it back to their families, and the families that kept the home fires burning. Children were born on the island and a few of them (Joan Zorn, Jim McCormick and Roger Bodart), return for our annual picnic to share their memories with us. Some memories live on in photographs alone. These photographs freeze time and allow us to step into that moment when Plum Island bustled with the sounds of the life-saving station’s duties and children’s laughter. We were recently introduced to an extensive photo-graph collection that included such pictures of family life on Plum Island.

In this picture, Daniel Magnussen and his lovely wife, Tillie pose in front of their surfman’s cottage. I love seeing how Tillie gave the little cottage a homey feel-ing, with the flower pots on the window sills. Could they have held the same types of wildflowers as we see today when we walk the trails? The lighter area to the left of the window was probably where a shutter hung until winter. The back porch addition could have been used as a pantry or mud room.

Daniel and Tillie had a daughter, Anna Gertrude, who became the mother of one of our board members—Dan Nilsson. The family was unaware of these pictures and were quite happy to see them.

This pic shows a similar surfman’s cottage to the left of the Life-Saving station; however, it looks to be white rather than cedar-shakes, as in Magnussen photo. There are some more memories yet to be uncovered!

It is sad to hear that 99% of the photographs being tak-en today are soon going to be totally gone – digital im-ages are no longer important enough to most people to actually keep them in printed form. Unlike Dan’s grandfather’s pictures, my Plum Island memories prob-ably won’t get shared with my great grandchildren. Bring back the photo albums with the finely designed black little corners please! Photos from the John Slavins collection, courtesy of the Rogers Street Fishing Village and Coast Guard Museum, Two Rivers WI.

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ISLAND INSPIRATIONS

It was a severe winter in 1921-22. My husband John, was the 2nd assistant lighthouse keeper at the lighthouse on Plum Island, Wisconsin. I joined him on the island that winter after staying on Washington Island that summer with our infant son.

We were allowed shore leave from this government island once every three weeks if the weather was not too stormy. So, about mid-January 1922, we walked the mile through the deep snow in the woods from the lighthouse to the Coast Guard Station. There we always got the weather report before starting out on the lake. The Coast Guard was on constant watch from their “observation tower.”

It was very important for me to get to Washington Island before evening. I was to take care of the wife of the assistant lighthouse keeper who was very ill and alone in her cottage with her little daughter. When we arrived at the station, the report was that the lake was frozen as far as they could see. It seemed safe for us to walk across the ice to Washington Island. There was quite a treacherous strait about a mile out from Plum Island between Green Bay and Lake Michigan. It is known as “Porte Des Morts” or “Death’s Door,” which is where Door County gets its name. Door County covers the entire peninsula that extends up from Sturgeon Bay between Green Bay and Lake Michigan.

When we reached the strait, the ice suddenly began opening up. In a few minutes, we found ourselves on a large block of ice turning and looking back toward the Coast Guard Station. The man in the observation tower saw our predicament and soon three men were coming toward us on an ice skiff that was equipped with sails and runners for transit over the ice. A coast guard man was in front with ropes attached to himself and the boat. As he pulled, the other two men pushed from behind. Suddenly, the wind changed and we began drifting toward Washington Island, so we jumped from block to block of ice for some time. Finally, realizing it would be getting dark in about an hour, I was placed on the ice skiff and

A Hazardous Trip all the Way

Summary of an article written by Mrs. Mary Shellswick, Kankakee, IL

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my husband helped push from behind. Water kept washing up on the men pushing the boat and by the time we reached Washington Island, their clothing was frozen and it was almost dark. We were happy to reach shore safely and went up to the nearest home to thaw out. My coat did not get as wet as the men’s, but I was almost numb from the cold. We stayed overnight, as the folks had plenty of room and warm food, for which we were very grate-ful. The coast guard men returned to the govern-ment island the next day and I am sure it was a trip not soon forgotten.

An ice skiff that may have been similar to the one that Mary described.

Photo and story from the John Slavins collection, courtesy of the Rogers Street Fishing Village and Coast Guard Museum, Two

Hildegarde and Anne Peterson; Mary Shellswick and her son, Paul—c. 1926.

LIGHT LESSONS

The Last of the Fresnel Lens on Plum Island By Mary Beth Volmer

As I write this article, plans are underway to remove

the historic Fourth Order Fresnel lens from the Plum

Island rear range light and replace it with a modern

LED (light emitting diode) marine beacon, tiered-

lantern.

The Fourth Order Classical lens was originally installed

in Great Lakes lighthouses in the late 1800s and early

1900s. The Coast Guard has been removing these

lenses to preserve them as part of national history.

The light displays a fixed red light manufactured by

Sutter, Lemonnier & Cie of Paris in 1889 and is labeled

‘342’. Sutter, Lemonnier & Cie manufactured Fresnel-

style lenses until the 1970s.

In the Memorandum of Agreement between the US

Coast Guard and the WI State Historic Preservation

Officer (dated Oct 17 2014) , the lens is noted as being

in a deteriorated condition; litharge (the putty-like sub-

stance that holds the prisms in place) in the lower and

central portions of the lens is missing or damaged and

as a result there is one missing prism and eleven other

prisms that are no longer properly seated. Harsh envi-

ronmental conditions, temperature fluctuations and

changes in humidity are very damaging to the lens.

Light exposure speeds up degradation of litharge and

the US Coast Guard no longer has the expertise to re-

pair the lens.

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Photo by Tim Sweet

Prior to removal and replacement, the USCG will docu-

ment the lens and the light’s lantern room so that there

is a permanent record of the lens and its lighthouse

context. Photographs of the lens were taken in June

and have been submitted to the State Historic Preserva-

tion Office for review and approval.

The Coast Guard will contract with a CG qualified

lampist to disassemble the lens in accordance with pro-

fessional standards.

The Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands are working to

secure a place for the lens to be on permanent public

display. Photo by MB Volmer

Photo by MB Volmer

NATURE’S NOTEBOOK

Plum Island Wildflowers

Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris

This tall, woody perennial has a rich history in ancient folklore. It is the most common member of a group of plants dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis. According to leg-end, mugwort was used as a charm to ward off evil spirits and the roots were once a com-mon ingredient in many love potions. When hung in the home, its claw-shaped leaves forced evil eyes to avert their gaze, kept villainous elves and demons away and cured dis-ease. The plant’s versatility doesn’t end there – Englishmen yearning for handsome looks and virility wore mugwort sprigs in their buttonholes. Some men even bathed in mugwort tea for better-growing beards. Mugwort leaves could also be found in shoes to re-energize weary travelers or in bundles hung over beds to induce vivid dreams.

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Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris The Bladder Campion is a perennial herb found in meadows, yards, fields, banks, road-sides, wasteland, seashores and cracks in waterside rocks. It flowers from June through August. It protects itself from drying out with a bluish green covering of wax, and its roots reach down deep into the ground. The layer of air inside the calyx insulates the flower’s more delicate inner parts from heat. The flower’s petals can lose their water content during the day and wilt, but in the evening they return to normal and start to secrete a pleasant, clove-like fragrance to attract butterflies, small beetles, flower flies and bees. The leaves of Bladder Campion are edible, and they are used in salads and many other dishes in some Mediterranean countries. Plant roots contain the compound saponin, and although mildly toxic, has long been used as soap for washing clothes, hair etc. There are references to some kinds of campion being used to treat snake bites and as a cure for corns and warts. In folklore, the fairies used Silene to protect their honey stores.

Dame’s Rocket Hesperis matronalis Dame’s Rocket was introduced from Europe as an ornamental plant and it has been grown in gardens since the Roman Empire. Habitats include moist mead-ows, woodland edges and openings, thickets, semi-shaded fence rows, banks of drainage ditches, vacant lots, edges of yards, and flower gardens. It often in-vades natural habitats, particularly those that are partially shaded. The folklore surrounding this plant is both positive and negative. Some sources say it is a symbol of woman’s independence. And other folklorists, noting the strong cinnamon fragrance which is more noticeable in the evening than during the daytime, mention it as a a ‘flower of deceit.’

Lighthouse Song Review by Karen Ellery

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Summertime, and the living is easy—unless of course you were a lighthouse keeper. Most of us who love the lights know enough of their history to grasp the amount of work that went into taking care of a lighthouse. In addition to the demanding job of main-taining the light itself, the US Lighthouse Service (later the Coast Guard) had high standards of cleanliness, economy, and conduct for their Keepers and Assistant Keepers. These men and women worked long and hard, often in harsh conditions. The isolation of most lighthouses added to their difficulties; it could be a very lonely life.

However, just as lighthouses captured our imaginations with their beauty and stateliness, so the vanished profession of Keeper has its charms in our fast-paced modern world. Who among us has not imagined a simpler life down by the water’s edge, braving storms and saving lives, then resting in the sunshine, enjoying calmer waters and the best views anywhere? Have any of you ever considered being a live-in docent for Pottawatomie Light on Door Coun-ty’s Rock Island State Park? I know I have. And we’re not the only ones to dream about what it’s like to live in a lighthouse. Folk musician Erika Eigen wrote “I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper,” our Lighthouse Song of the Season, which pokes gentle fun at the idyll of a Keeper’s life. “We’ll have parties on a coral reef and clambakes on the shore. We’ll invite the neigh-bors in; seagulls by the score.” Borrowing heavily from England’s beloved Music Hall tradition, this irre-sistibly cheerful little number brings to mind summers at the shore, June weddings, and the sweet fluffiness of cotton candy on a pier. The Dixieland-style instru-mentation transports the listener back to a simpler and presumably happier time, while the lyrics sparkle along like a stream; not very deep, perhaps, but pleas-antly ebullient. This return to musical roots can be seen in other popular songs of the late 1960s and ear-ly 70s, including “When I’m Sixty-Four” (1967) by the Beatles, & “Good Company” (1975) by Brian May of Queen.

Erika Eigen, Terry Tucker, and Freya Hogue formed the short-lived English psychedelic folk trio Sunforest in 1969. Not much else is known about the group, and they recorded only one studio album, Sound of Sunforest, under the Decca Records label. However their work was “enlivened by contributions from exceptional and experienced studio musicians”: bass guitarist Herbie Flowers and session-guitarist Big Jim Sullivan. This unique album has had an unexpect-edly long life thanks to the inclusion of their songs “Lighthouse Keeper” and “Overture to the Sun” in the soundtrack for the cult movie classic A Clockwork Or-ange. You can purchase Sound of Sunforest from Light in the Attic Records, http://lightintheattic.net/releases/450-sound-of-sunforest , or you can listen to “I Want to Marry a Lighthouse Keeper” on YouTube, https://youtu.be/lJQ6ynOB48E . My thanks, as ever, to Wikipedia, YouTube, and the invaluable trove of folk-music information at the Mudcat Café, http://mudcat.org/ . Here’s hoping your summertime dreams come true.

“The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. It is not only a mirror of ourselves, but a focusing lens on what we can become.” ~Lady Bird Johnson

2015 Door County Maritime Museum Lighthouse Festival

A special thanks to our business partners, Washington Island Ferry Line, Shoreline Charters and Death’s Door Marine for their support of the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands’ mission.

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The Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands, Inc. (FOPPI) was established in 2007 to preserve the unique island eco-systems and foster partnerships to preserve its herit-age for future generations. Your membership dues and charitable gifts help to restore and preserve the historical maritime struc-tures on these islands and support education in the areas of conservation, natural history and environ-mental protection. Members receive our quarterly newsletter, the FOPPI Forum, are invited to attend the annual meeting, and join us in seasonal cleanup, trail maintenance, inva-sive species removal and light repair work. Whatever your interest, there are projects and events that will benefit tremendously from your talent and support!

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The mission of the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands is to work cooperatively with US Fish & Wildlife Service to support the goals of preservation, restoration, maintenance and contemporary use of the lighthouses, accessory buildings, structures and other historic resources on Plum and Pilot Islands. To conserve and protect wildlife resources, while providing opportunities for quality wildlife-dependent recreation.

Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands Board of Directors:

President: Tim Sweet (tjsweet@charter.net) Director: Frank Forkert (fforkert@gmail.com) Vice President: Tim Windingstad (tnwinding@gmail.com) Director: Randy Holm (randall.holm@gmail.com) Treasurer: Eric Greenfeldt (ericg50@verizon.net) Director: Sandy Petersen (buboarcto2@gmail.com) Secretary: Karen Ellery (themadblonde@gmail.com) Director: Gary Wilson (wilson1551@aol.com) Director: Dan Nilsson (nilsson_associates@yahoo.com) Director: Butch Jess (offisland65@gmail.com) Director: Hoyt Purinton (hoyt@wisferry.com) Director: Mary Beth Volmer (mvolmer01@aol.com) Director: Paul Schumacher (spaulsdoor@aol.com) Director: John Sawyer (carlsonerickson@gmail.com) Director: Matt Foss (fossmh@gmail.com)

Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands Committee Leaders:

Newsletter Editor: Mary Beth Volmer Assistant Editor: Matt Foss Music Review Contributor: Karen Ellery

Advancement-Membership: Jean Fox and Gordon Vieth Grant Writing: Rip Koken Merchandising: Danielle Ware and Frank Forkert Project Management: Paul Schumacher Volunteer Coordinator: Scott Nelson Women in Preservation Leader: Mary Beth Volmer

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