Sunset at the Beach and Tennis Club  

The fundraising event was a great success and everyone enjoyed the music, drinks and food, even the speeches!    

Thank you so much for participating.  We count on you to keep the Marconi spirit alive.

CMMC Chatham Beach and Tennis Club party hostesses: Stephenie Bartlett, Betty Schiller and Nancy Whelan.  

We took a lot of other pictures - check them out by clicking here First set of CBTC Event Photos  and here  Second Set of Event Photos   

(please be patient, some of you with slower internet connections may have to wait a bit for the photos to load.) 

Thank You, Greatest Generation Member,   

Henry Stamps

If you have visited CMMC's Navy exhibit or seen the video, Chatham Radio Goes to War, you have heard Henry Stamps introduce himself and tell how Chatham Navy radiomen listened for radio transmissions from German submarines during World War II. The Navy eavesdroppers intercepted Morse code signals, encrypted by the Enigma machine, and relayed them to Washington, DC, where they were decrypted with the Bombe, a forerunner of the modern computer.

CMMC's Navy exhibit committee first met Henry Stamps via email. He volunteered to help us with the exhibit from his home in Virginia. Henry was among the Navy radiomen who arrived in Chatham in 1942 to open the listening station here, and later was assigned to the Greenland station of the direction-finding network. After the war, he worked as a civilian at Naval Security Group Headquarters in Washington, DC, and at the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, MD.

Henry died on April 24, 2012, after a short illness. His wife of 65 years, Mary Vallastro Stamps, his daughter Marilyn, his son-in-law, and his grandson survive him.

World War II buffs will be interested in an article Henry wrote several years ago that can be found on the CMMC website.

MY WORLD WAR II CAREER IN THE NAVY

Henry B. Stamps (W3PKL) 203 Lake Ridge Drive Forest, Va. 24551

On Sunday December 7, 1941, I was enjoying a Coca-Cola and eating peanuts at the company store of a mining company in Monterey, TN. It was there that I heard the news that Pearl Harbor had been bombed by Japan. I was almost seventeen years of age at that time. I hardly knew where Pearl Harbor was but it was clear to me that we were at war. The following week several of my friends and I made a trip to the county seat to obtain information and papers to enlist in the navy. I filled out all the forms however there was just one little problem: my parents would have to falsify my age. I was able to convince my father but convincing my mother was another story. She would have no part in falsifying my age and sending her baby off to war!   Click here to read the rest. 

Gift Admission Certificates Available

CMMC has made prepaid admission certificates available for those who want to provide guests or friends with an exciting experience. The admission certificates will be good for B&B guests, concierge desks, real estate offices, and others wanting to help people enjoy their time in Chatham.

Guest admission certificates are available at the price of five for $20.00 which is 20% off adult admission. Each certificate admits one person on one day. (No senior or youth discounts, sorry).  The admission certificates are available at the center or, for larger quantities, by calling 508-945-8889. We accept Visa, MC, and US currency.