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Conceived in the fall of 1953, the Jones Beach Power Squadron with forty-four charter members was born
January 20, 1954. At a meeting held that date, under the direction of Commander William Nacovsky of South
Shore Power Squadron and with the concurrence of District Commander Henry Cramer, a motion was made,
seconded and unanimously carried to organize the new Squadron -to be known as JONES BEACH POWER SQUADRON.
The first Bridge was: Commander John R. Holub, N; Lt. Commander Joseph A. Cafaro, JN; 1st/Lt. Chester
Williams, AP; Secretary George W. Schramm, AP; Treasurer Lee M. Kuemper, AP.
The first Piloting class was held in the Spring of 1954 resulting in 17 new members after successful
completion of their examination. Concurrently with this first class, some 23 of our qualified pilots -and
2 wives undertook the study of Seamanship under the guidance of Commander Holub. In June a family cruise
was held at Tobay Heading; some 36 boats, 70% of the fleet, turned out. In July, the Squadron Piloting
contest was held in Oakdale. This was a big day for Meetings Chairman George Brand and his boat, "Miss
Vicki", when they took first place with an error of 14 seconds and Commander Holub took second on board
the "Roberta". Then in August, the Inter-Squadron Piloting Contest, sponsored by Patchogue Bay Power
Squadron, was held in Great South Bay off the Patchogue River. Six squadrons participated. Jones Beach
had twelve boats at the rendezvous, and eight entered. While we didn't place in the first three positions,
Joe Cafaro's "Tootsie" was first in our Squadron. In December five sample pennants were proposed for the
squadron, and the membership selected the design which was recommended to USPS for adoption.
The progress of Jones Beach Power Squadron from its infancy to date is a tribute to the dedicated
devotion of its officers and members who have served their squadron so faithfully.
PAST COMMANDERS
1954 John R. Holub, N
1955 Joseph A. Cafaro, JN
1956 Chester A. Williams JN
1957 Harold A. Post, AP
1958 Thomas H. Phather, JN
1959 Arthur A. Jones, AP
1960 Edward C. Rosenwald, N
1961 John K. Karus, N
1962 Roy H. Wells, JN
1963 Charles H. Fritscher, N
1964 Everett J. Konz, AP
1965 Robert E. Barbero, N
1966 Yorick A. Olson, JN
1967 Richard Gleason, AP
1968 Fred H. Stunt, AP
1969 Ernest Walbracker, AP
1970 Herman Kornahrens, JN
1971 Jeremiah P. Kafka, S
1972 Karl A. Stad, AP
1973 Seth D. Warren, JN
1974 Ralph H. Scinta, AP
1975 William R. Fischer, AP
1976 Michael C. Lehmann, JN
1977 Leonard Huffmire, AP
1978 John R. Holub, N
1979 John F. Cox, Jr., N
1980 H. Murntaz Ozer, AP
1981 Robert H., Seymour, AP
1982 Myron Nagelberg
1983 Albert Chirillo, AP
1984 Richard Whittaker, AP
1985 James Baird, JN
1986 Charles Montague, N
1987 Norman Goldberg, N
1988 J. Andre LeGendre, AP
1989 Wallace Stevenson, AP
1990 H. Murntaz Ozer, AP
1991 James Sabellico, AP
1992 Carvel Cartmell, AP
1993 Robert Holub, N
1994 Clifford Dunning, JN
1995 George Hoffman, AP
1996 George Hoffman, AP
1997 Robert Lindholm, AP
1998 Andrew Harris, P
1999 Arnold Harris, P
2000 Joan Harris, P
2001 Marcel Lapierre, P
2002 Marcel Lapierre, P
2003 Peter TenBrink,AP
2004 Barry Grennan, P
2005 Carv Cartmell, AP
2006 Frank Kelly, AP
2007 Joe Coppola, AP
2008 Dan Flinn, AP
2009 Richie Beier
2010 Dom LaBella
2011 Butch Bonczyk, JN
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