Word: swampscott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wellesley, Mass. 15 Lapinski, Edward F. '59 B 21 6.1 205 Greenfield, Mass. 16 Cashen, Henry C. '61 B 19 5.10 165 Grosse Pointe, Mich. 18 Finney, Frank R. '59 B 21 5.11 175 Royal Oak, Mich. 20 Carlin, Robert B. '60 B 19 5.10 175 Swampscott, Mass. 24 Phipps, John M. '61 B 19 5.11 165 Anaheim, Cal. 26 Connors, Matthew J. '60 B 19 6.0 170 Woodside, N.Y. 32 Caslowitz, Joel G. '59 B 20 5.7 150 Woonsocket, R.I. 33 Choquette, Paul J. '60 B 20 6.0 205 White Plains, N.Y. 34 Barry, Raymond...
SYDNEY GAUTHIER Swampscott, Mass...
...stout ship under him and a restless, lifelong dream to steer her by: he wanted to sail around the world by himself. Driven by his dream, Boston had built his ship, a 30-ft. auxiliary ketch, with his own hands on the lawn of his home in Swampscott, Mass. Two years ago, he coaxed the Fiddler's Green as far as Port Said before an attack of jaundice sent him home by freighter, his ship lashed ignobly on deck...
Finally, 400 miles south of Bermuda, Boston gave up, wearily turned about and headed for Swampscott. Then he sprawled for three days on his bunk, too sick to set a course. "I heard the awesome sound of whale spouts in the fog. I felt that I was going up and down into nothing...
...voyage back was a terror. Off Cape Cod, Boston almost crashed into rocks; a ship nearly ran down Fiddler's Green. When Boston stumbled ashore in Swampscott one day last week, it was 3 in the morning. "I couldn't find anyone-not even a policeman-to take me home," he said. "I had to walk the quarter-mile." After 25 days at sea, Boston was a severe case of nervous exhaustion. "I've had it," he gasped. "I'll never try it again...