10/01/2026
SAG HARBOR
100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
September 27 – October 3, 1926
It was reported that earlier in the month, George C. Morris, accompanied by Frederick Benedict of Watermill, attended the reunion of the sixteenth Connecticut Volunteer regiment at Robert O. Tyler Post, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), in Hartford. Only 36 of the regiment were still living. The youngest veteran present was age 81.
Pierson High School was awarded first prize for having the best exhibit of general work in its class at the Riverhead County Fair. Pierson, being one of the first-class schools, competed against the schools of Southhampton, East Hampton, Greenport, Riverhead, and Port Jefferson. Port Jefferson won second prize. The work included, besides drawings, a sample of most every subject taught in the grades, including English and arithmetic.
Village trustees ordered tree surgery after a representative of Davey Tree Co., from Kent, Ohio, spoke about the condition of the trees in the village of Sag Harbor. He gave leaky gas mains as the cause of so many trees dying. A motion was passed instructing Davey Tree Co. to inspect the trees of Sag Harbor, prune them where necessary, and brace such trees as needed.
Image: Civil War Monument, Sag Harbor, N.Y. Image courtesy of the John Jermain Memorial Library Local Community Archives Center, Sag Harbor, N.Y.
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