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The River Rats presen three

a, 'ards each year for outstanding
achievements' b. a child or fam
il\,. The :vlayor's award, for the
greatest allaround achievement
I for the year, wenl to Miss
Ison. Mayor Milton Rosene of FaIr
Haven presented hili award.
The Captain Ed Little memorlal
l
trophy, for the child r.
Imost embodring the SPlrlt Ofj
helpfulness, CO-oQperation and
thusiasm, went to th DavId
IGoodWin rami y. The late Capt. I
Little wa the skipper of one ('If
the last steamers to put in at the
port of Fair Raven.
The Commodore' award, 0 thl!'
child or family doing the mas
tor the advancemen and develop
ment of River Rat dw' g th
year. went to Mis uyosevich.
I Commodore William RO()ney Ilre
sented this award.
Th trophies were presented by
I
Skipper Bob Brockmann vith the
assistance of fleet captain Henry
Thomas. Other River Rat officer
ar; Fral.ier, xecutive officer;
Edward Koeniger, Jr" chief of
ficer; Walter lsbrandt en, fir t
officer: Dave Goodwin, second of
ficer; Mrs. David Asch, pur er,
and Mrs. obert Beck. )'eo an.
The club IS spo1\soring a fall
series for Indian SCouts and Blue
Javs on Sunda s. Th Bl\le Ja'
serle:; is open to the Atlan ic
Highlands Y. C. and Shrewsbury
S. & Y,C. fleets.

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FAIR HAVE. Sailors of the Sco Its, first place was taken
River Rats organization turned Dirk Isbrandtscn; second by hlS
landlubber SWlday when they, brother Carl and
came ashore to participate In third. Jody Martin.
"Trophy Day," a day in which Junior awards In Blue Javs
the skippers and rew picked up 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 awarded
Mayor llsse; h to in the ladies open races of In-
Isemed the tro
p
; est dian Scouts to Evelyn Isbrandt
r
sen. first: June
'w ernen and Val Jose, lIurd. Ladles'
Wil\t m Rooney,. who was mas- Open in Blue Jays were won by
t f Happy lfitchcock, fir t: Rooky
pt.-etal appreciation of the enti ChID' nock second and Edith
. R' R t Peter Ic '
band liver a s a Fraser, [hiI'd.
Donough, Rumson. Wl10, al.though The Indian SCOUl opcn races
a onmemb ,served the any skipper, any CJew, were won
lmm l' Whether It was b Becks'" ury," first place;
rontor or hand, wasllsbrandt en's "Flying pray,"
I il. there to provld It. I second, and Johnson's "Little
Walt r lsbrandt en opened the Chum" third
m ies with a speci I inv - Th' Blue .1 ay open race awa rds
arion 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 Bill
prcseri'ted the Capt. Edward Lit- and Happy Hitchcock as host and
tIc award to andy Chinnock. ho.te s, two races were voted for
Trophies awarded in the Blue n the spot because. of
Jay class for the spring lenge of the steadily stiffenmg
summer series went to QuentmIbreeze.
Fraser first place: Betty Min- The first open raCe of Blue
ton 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 uy
novice class of Indian S outs ". ellic;' thirfl.
went to Dirk Isbrandtsen, first 111e Indian Scout op n .race
place, Carl lsbrandtsen, second, I was won by Dirk Tsbrandlst'll;
and Peter John on, tilird. Alii Hal John on, second, and Jack
awards were given a the boats Jamison, third.
rather than to individuals be- The nexl race was declared
cause tne boats were sailed by the fir t ofUelal on f tile
various kippers and crew. series. For the Blue .Ta. s, Pblp
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Blue Jay novice prizes were Chinnock in "Hootie" won first
awarded to Rosem ry and Margo Iplace; Pat Bow'ditch in "Gavi
Fraser, first place; Candy Chin- ota" took second, and Bud Ru.
nock in "!loolie," second, and sell in "Swish" \Va thIrd. The
Chad and' Sabin Ru sell, in rndian cout race wa . won by
"SWIsh," third. Hal .Iohnson; Jack Jaml'on. 'ee-
In the junior en , Indian ont!, apd
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River ats B g........... earn
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(Last of a Series)
FA HA.m - In October,
IO;J4 twenty - upnt families be
gan classe to teach their children
water safety and seamanshi,.
Thus began the River an
offshoot of Dads Inc., a Fair Ha-
ven youth v,6rk gro':>.
Robert Brockman, the R i ,- e r
Rats' skipp-er, says: "We arc nol
a achting cluh, but a grcup
of dedicated parents who wan t
10 ee our chi drcn prop 1'1)' in
ructed abollt the '."
Tbi foil 's e aim of he clue)
as sated in the consti ution: "lo
promote int re't in aquatic acti\'i
tie. mong children and II> 02n
coura"e family pa.rliciPation."
Wilh the members' ..
I. 'awlin ail around the :-:,
Brockman feels Rive Ra :5 an
appropriate name for he cluD.
Progress Noted
In tbe past seven year. the
Rivel' Rat have e tabUshed three
- ol sail' _ts, found a home.
org' nized a lraining program, :md
i H:r-eased .hcir member hi fr 1m
28 to 85 families.
The lirt [Ieet wa tarte in
1055 when the members
twenly - one 2
1
z-foot Indian Scout
sailboats, The next year the Blue
Jay c1as- entered the club, in
c easing the salling and cI'ewing
opportunities for nonboatownlD"
T:1cmbers,
The a-fool fibergla Porpoisar River R Is barge headquarters, which has since been sold.
ailin pram followed lIe Is ueY-------
.Ja ' At p'e nt the prams a e
beinO' modified with tailor masts
and greater saH are to m a k e
hem easier Lo handle or s ail
fa!>ter .
. fLel' some shuffling a the
Ri er Hat are now [lerman"'!! ty
located on (ollr acres ,If \ "t .
front llUlf and at th {'lid of
allio r a d on the . avesink
iver, The property (orm"dy
owned hy Gnrdner stout was
op ned up to Ihe Rivel' Rat in
195;). After three years, the nad
10 move out when tbe property
.... . ld