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He is owner/president of The Hampton Shipyards in East Quogue. by Fred Scopinich, Jr. Sea clams The development of skimmering as a viable, productive industry now employing thousands began in Freeport. In the early '30s the two Hogstrum Brothers had Freeport Point Shipyard install a high bulwark forward on their 48-foot oyster boat Pocahontas. The Pocahontas began darning out- side Jones Inlet and selling the surf clams or sea clams to the open boats, charter boats and to the fishing sta- tions on Long Island. In 1937 BUI Kieb decided to pur- chase a 60' gasoline barge. This Esso barge with large tanks and very neat in appearance was anchored south of Woodcleft Canal about where John Remsen's Bay House and Bait Station is now. This barge supplied the boats sail- ing out of Freeport with fuel, bait, gas and oil. Bill Kieb, while operating his fuel barge, observed that the Pocahontas could come in every day with 75 to 100 bushels of sea clams easily. In 1939 Bill and his brother-in-law Ted Lang purchased property on the west side of ^Vopdcleft Canal and 'esfaFfisBeST thePreeport Cold Storage. The gas barge was sold and the Cold Storage became the supplier of fuel, bait, ice and packing and shipping fish on Woodcleft. Skimmers would never leave Bill's mind. He knew this was a huge untouched resource available, but they had to find a market. The next three years were spent offering sam- ples of sea clams to firms like Snow Canning of Maine, Blout's of Rhode Island, Borden's, Howard Johnson's etc., but interest was slow for this new product. In 1942 as more food sources were required by World War II, initial purchases of truckloads of skimmers began. Bill now realized better equipment was needed to supply this new demand. His first priority was to pump water to his dredges. Bill and Floyd Palmer, captain of the Lydia R, now a sea clam boat, built the first manifold to attach to a dredge and it was powered by a one-cylinder air- cooled Wisconsin Motor with a 3-inch fire hose. This increased their catches and reduced shell breakage signifi- cantly. Soon they installed a four-cylinder pump motor and again increased their catches. Bill even made a dredge with tuning forks on it so he could record through earphones the skimmers entering a. dredge. In the next four years almost every commercial boat in Freeport converted to skimmering, and many new boats were added to the fleet. Even some of the charter boats now idled by World War II restrictions installed a pipe \A\ frame aft and began skimmering. Forty to 50 boats were bringing in 100 to 200 bushels daily, depending on boat size. The first steel boat, the William Martin, arrived in Freeport about 1944 and joined the sea clam fleet. Bob Doxsee of Point Lookout entered the sea clam business during this time. In 1947 Bill Kieb, ever searching to expand their catches, asked Floyd Palmer, now Captain of the 83-foot Seagoing Wrangler to go on a three- day trip along the Jersey coast and test availability. Bill knew that the shelf off of New Jersey was much -Wider jthan Long Island, therefore .a larger potential. Floyd reported back ., sea clams were too spotty off the Jersey Coast. Undaunted, Bill and a partner, Ted Rausher, rented space at a closed-up military base at Cape May, New Jersey, and proceeded to set up a can- ning company to process sea clams. They soon had established docks to receive the sea clams and built up a fleet of sea clam boats to supply the canning operation. This company became the Snow Canning Company and later the Borden Company. The New Jersey sea clam fleet and its modern clam fleet is proba- bly the largest and best in the world. It all started on Woodcleft Avenue by Freeporters. 'School's open - drive carefully!' from pages • Watch for turning cars: Children sometimes forget to look and uninten- tionally walk into the side of a turning vehicle. • Continue to look left, right and left again as you cross: It's easy to miss an oncoming car. • Avoid crossing between parked cars: Its almost impossible for drivers to see youngsters who enter the roadway from between parked cars. • Play away from traffic: Playgrounds, schoolyards and your own backyard are die safest places to play. • Be especially alert in bad weather: Rain, snow, fog and even umbrellas can obstruct vision. Also, drivers may be unable to stop quickly. Children should wear brightly colored and retro-reflec- tive clothing. « Obey police officers, adult crossing guards, AAA safety partol members and traffic signals: These \safety guardians\ can greatly enhance a child's safety when going to and from school. o. 00 CD -o c? p\ to o o -j o> Letters to the editor are welcomed by this paper. 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