Greta's Photos Too

Greta Tucker's Personal Collection

 

This may be one of the earliest photos of the Section One Lagoon in existence. The bank along the west side looks like Pattersquash Creek, but it is in fact "The Riveria" or south part of Whittier Dr. The pagoda on the corner of Elm Rd. is partly visible . Who is that lucky sailor with 4 First Mates?

 

This photo like the one above it came from a Brooklyn Citizen Brochure for real estate at Mastic Beach. It shows what then must of been the brand new clubhouse that would later become the MBPOA Clubhouse. Just like they did in Mastic in 1924, Home Guardian built a community center for the development. What is interesting is the depth of the property here. Where was Birch Road? Did it end at Lakeview or Orchid Dr? It might just be the photo angle, but it looks like Paul Schulte's Mastic Beach Hotel which was directly behind the clubhouse from 1926-1937 has not been built yet. There is a sign up for something on Orchid Dr. but it can't be read in this photo.

 

 

As Of 1926 We Are On The

MAP

 

 

An offer you couldn't refuse

$ 96.50 is the the higher price Mastic Beach lots were offered for by Home Guardian. They started in 1926 at $89.00 and were raised $7.50 during the depression when a free 3 room bungalow was tossed in with the deal.

 

 

What better place to hold a Barn Dance than in a place that once was a barn? The price was right at 35 cents and with music by the Royal Syncopaters how could you go wrong. By the 1950's the Syncopaters were still around but were no longer Royal....wonder who dethroned them?

If this was the second annual West End Fire Dept dance, it tells you that the West End Department was around as early as 1936. Like I said before, it was difficult to get across town from Section One to Four & Five because Dodi Knapp's property cut the town in half. The mayor saw the need and took action!

The West End Fire Department was actually formed in Schulte's and held their meetings there. This little snippet of altered lyric was probably sung by the Department right over the top of Bing Crosby as he crooned the Whiffen Poof Song on the old Seeburg or Wurlitzer. I wonder who wrote these lyrics? I would imagine 4 & 3 were the Fire Companies.

 

Baa... Baa.... Baa.....

Even On E Bay They Remember

SCHULTE'S

Strike a Match To Go Home

 

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