SEA PINES TIDINGS
NOVEMBER, 1979
Brewster, Massachusetts
Volume II
Your paper now has a name! The Executive Editorial Board met and unanimously adopted Lovell Smith's suggestion of "Tidings". Thank you, Lovell. You and Jan will enjoy a special bottle of champagne) courtesy of your Special Events Committee.
Vera Fields, Editor
Questionnaire
For those of you who forgot or lost the questionnaire from September's paper, we are repeating it below. The response has been good and three groups are already in the works in their particular field of interest. If you have not already sent in your opinions and/or suggestions for special interest groups, please take a minute and send it in to your Editor.
Bridge____ Fishing Trips ____ Bowling_____ Bicycle Trips____
Tours____ Theatre____ Horticulture Needlework____ Skiing_____
Other ___________________________________________
Name________________ Phone ___________________
Address _______________________________________
There are two points I would like to cover at this time:
- In my message to you in the September issue, I mentioned that since parking spaces are at a premium at Sea Pines, it was apparent we were headed for serious parking problems, especially in the Beach area.
I would like to further point out that except for certain units in Phase 4 which have deeded parking areas, all parking areas are common property and may be used by any unit owner. However, the parking area at the Club House is specifically for guests and should be used for that purpose, particularly during peak periods, or any time when present parking areas are in heavy demand. Of course, the parking situation can be greatly alleviated if all owners having garages would use their garages, thus leaving the parking areas free for owners to load and unload their vehicles, etc.
- In last September's issue of our paper, Ed Cayley, Chairman of Grounds and Maintenance, mentioned the inadvisability of stacking firewood against fence or building walls. While the Board of Managers has not yet discussed this matter, it will be brought up at the next meeting. In all probability, it will then be decided that any damage to fences or buildings resulting from rot or insect infestation caused by firewood stacked against the structure will be the responsibility of the owner of the firewood.
May I wish everyone a healthy and happy Holiday Season.
Frank W. Pease, President
Board of Managers
A warm welcome to the following newcomers to Sea Pines:
O10: David M. and Aeng Banks, Paxton, Massachusetts O9: Dante J. and Barbara Molinary, Meriden, Connecticut B2: Frank J. and Iris Sullivan, Bellaire, Florida B7: Ben and Sylvia Slomoff, Boston, Massachusetts O13: Helen Childs. Wellesley, Massachusetts O1: Peter and Cynthia Kawie, West Springfield, Massachusetts O2: Herbert Lipson, Framingham, Massachusetts B1: Anthbny and Shirley Dickens, Ridgewood, New Jersey B8: Roger and Merelyn Foster, Fitehburg, Massachusetts O6: Allen and Barbara Wood, Schenectady, New York F8: Evelyn Donnelly, Pearl River, New York 4F: William P. & Priscilla Person, Dover, MA.
At 9:00 ~ The Clubhouse
Come Join Us!
Dutch Treat Plan:
- Bring your own bottle.
- If your last name falls "A" thru "K", bring hors d'oeuvres to go with drinks.
- If your last name falls "L" thru "Z", bring a dessert to go with coffee.
Help Wanted! Hosts and hostesses for our New Year's Eve Party. Hostesses last year - Ursula Shannon, Jean Kane, Peg Crosby, and Rosemarie Stukas will be glad to help you as to procedure.
The Saturday night Social Hour continues to be a weekend highlight! It's fun, fattening, friendly and felicitous - a time to get together for company, conversation and cocktails...to greet old friends and meet new ones. Ed and Norma Cayley will be our host on December 1 and the Kelleys and Stukas' will host December 15. The calendar is on the Bulletin Board so you can sign up for a convenient weekend.
The second annual holiday tree decorating party will be held on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, hosted by Joe and Rosemarie Stukas and Hubie and Barbara Kelley. A six-foot Scotch pine has been donated by Ed and Marjorie Fearns and it will be set up at the Club House. Because this tree is so much larger than last year's table-size tree, more decorations are needed.. . decorations gratefully accepted. Bring them along December 15.
Another first for Sea Pines will be an outdoor lighting display donated by Joe and Rosemarie Stukas.
Good news for your pocketbook! The property tax rate for fiscal 1980 has been reduced by $1.50 to $15.40.
How was this reduction made possible? Was it due to greatly increased largess from the State? It was not. While State aid to Brewster for fiscal 1980 totaled $727,742, the State took back in assessments $213,488. Net State aid was less (by $30,531.00) than for the previous year.
Therefore, credit the tax reduction to good management by the Selectmen and town employees, to responsible decisions by voters at Town Meeting, and to a $6 million rise in total property values. Tax bills will be late - but worry not. Your payment will not be due until thirty (30) days from the date of bill mailing.
Monday, December 10 at 7pm in the new elementary school off Underpass Road. Several money articles are on the warrant, including further repair of Underpass Road and purchase of vehicles for the Department of Public Works. Brewster, incidentally, has one of the best records of Cape towns for Town Meeting attendance.
A good way to stay abreast of town affairs - join the Brewster Taxpayers' Association. Members receive bi-monthly newsletters with carefully researched articles written by Board members. BTA also sponsors periodic public meetings of local interest. Family membership is $3. Write to Brewster Taxpayers' Association, Box 702, Brewster, MA 02631 giving both winter and summer addresses where applicable.
JOHN LOBINGIER
It was a great success - gross sales for the day were $750, giving the Special Events Committee a treasury of $75 to be used as working capital, Response was so enthusiastic that we are hoping to hold another sale late Spring or early summer, 1980. Start collecting your sale items!
Listed below are 3 groups that are under way as a result of the response to last month's questionnaire. Will each person listed below contact the chairperson for the group and set up your meeting time and place.
HORTICULTURE
GEORGE MALONE, Florence Tomlinson, Sylvia Slomoff, Bill and Doris Welsh, Helen Childs, Robert and Margaret Hackford, Harry and Emily Goll, Dan and Mary Sagarin, Virginia True, Evelyn Donnelly
BRIDGE
NELLIE PETERSON, Florence Tomlinson, Dorothy Riether, Marjorie Fearns, Jan and Lovell Smith, Bill and Doris Welsh, Helen Childs, Sylvia Slomoff
BOWLING
FRANCES S. PARKE, Sylvia Slomoff, W. 0.. Buchanan, Dorothy Riether, Frances Malone
Wouldn't it be nice to get together for a cup of coffee or tea and some conversation some morning or afternoon, once or twice a month? If you like the idea, please call Dorothy Price 896 7392.
More information will be forthcoming in the next issue as to groups for Theatre, Tours, Needlework, Skiing, etc.
The winter holiday season is almost upon us. Sea Pines has grown quickly this last year into handsome maturity. There are now over 140 owners in our Association - soon to be 151. We understand CMJ will shortly be building another exciting waterfront community in Brewster, and we wish them great success.
New owners at Sea Pines understandably have many questions. Don't hesitate to check with Al Campbell or Paul Fagan at 617-896-7940. When Al or Paul don't have the answer, call 617-385-8345 and Ken Bova, Jayne Rattman or I will do our best for you.
If you need another copy of the winterizing instructions, write CM.A Corp. at P.O. Box 2000, Dennis, assachusetts 02638. Please do not install freeze alarms without first contacting us.
Your Board of Managers has again authorized us to offer a 5 per cent discount on maintenance fees paid annually. As long as your 1980 regular maintenance fee is received by us before January 10, 1980, you may deduct 5% from the amount normally due. Obviously, if special assessments or charges in fees were voted, the discount does not apply to those charges.
When you pay your maintenance fees monthly, Jayne requests you note on your check your unit number and code as follows: M-1 (Maintenance-Jan.), M-2 (Maintenance-Feb.), etc. This enables her to credit your account properly and when so marked, gives you an easy double-check in your checkbook register.
We thought you might enjoy sharing in our plans and progress. CMA Corp. has been growing steadily to the point of requiring larger headquarters. Many of you who drop in from time to time have seen the lovely old house, built in 1787, directly across from our Main Street, Dennis office. We were able to purchase this old house this summer. Since it would have been a shame to cut up this antique home for offices, we found some great people to restore the original house and start an unusually fine antique shop. CMA Corp. is adding a two-story building (designed to look like its historic sister) attached to the original by a small "breezeway' office building, and we have approval to later add another Gambrel-style building on our site.
The new building will house CMA Corp. and its property management business on the second floor, together with offices leased to the respected Boston law firm of Holland, Johnson and Hays, Esqs.
Our reception area on the first floor will also serve CMA's real estate division - Kings Highway Realty - who will have their general sales offices and conference room on that floor. Bob Agnew, in our affiliated architectural design facility, will also share these new quarters with our contracting affiliate, the Jordan-Pierce Corp.
A search is quietly going on for the "right" professional tenant for our handsome little single-story breezeway building. We are looking for someone who will complement our businesses. Just in case you need a dignified address for your Cape branch, we thought you should be the first to know.
Our plans call for "condominization" after all buildings are complete. This will make us one of very few commercial condominiums on the Cape. You can see that CMA Corp. is really sold on the condominium way of life.
The Dorymen Antique Shop is open now with unusual decorator items. Owners, Glen and Hobby Ream, have offered free delivery to Sea Pines if you mention CMA to them.
Sometime after the New Year begins, we hope to invite you all to our open-house. In the meantime we wish all of our Sea Pines' friends the best ever of holiday seasons.
Scott Jordan
Managing Agent
P.S. Included in this edition of "Tidings" is your copy of the yearly Sea Pines Directory. Use it enjoy it, and please keep us informed of any changes.
A scrap book has been purchased and we are now seeking material, i.e. historical data, photographs, stories, profiles, drawings - not only pertaining to Sea Pines but Brewster as well. Of special interest is history and background regarding Sea Pines when it was a school before the time of Friendship School. Contact Vera Fields or Joe Stukas.
"Helping Hand" of the month goes to Peg and Fred Crosby and Jan and Lovell Smith. . . they can stack wood faster then you can say Obadiah Brown! Thanks to Harry Kane for arranging tours of LaSaliette. Hubie and Barbara Kelley toured the 1980 Olympic site at Lake Placid recently while attending a conference in the area. Mrs. E. Lovell Smith (age 95) visited son Lovell and wife Smith recently; as did Vera Fields' mom, Elfriede Haesloop, who was able to spend a few days with Vera just to visit and chat. (Vera's mom assisted her in the site selection almost two years ago here at Sea Pines, so it was nice to see a dream that reached fruition!) Florence Tomlinson traveled north to enjoy the fall foliage, as did Joe and Rosemarie Stukas.
For Sea Piners who have a service to offer, a product to sell, why not let us know:
MALONE & TANDLER, CPA's, Rte. 6A Brewster - 523-8024, 896-7997
PARTNERS TWO (Phyllis Huller: gifts) - 586-8020, 896-7105
STAN WOLFE garage walls, minor carpentry - 235-1048, 896-7470